Washington, April 26 -- Nearly a third of the children in northern Gaza are severely undernourished, while about a quarter of the population in southern Gaza is facing the consequences of the worsening humanitarian situation in the Palestinian enclave amid Israel's military operation against Hamas, a senior Biden administration official said.
"Nearly 30% of children in northern Gaza are showing signs of severe malnutrition. And in southern Gaza, nearly a quarter of the population is facing this kind of catastrophic food insecurity," the official said during a press briefing on Thursday.
The official warned that the percentage of people suffering from severe malnutrition in Gaza will significantly increase in the coming months if no urgent...