(25 Jun 2024)
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++CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE THE EDIT CONTAINS SHOTS OF MALNURISHED CHILDREN++
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Khan Younis, Gaza Strip - 5 June 2024
1. Various of a baby crying while on receiving oxygen and with drip in his thin arms inside Nasser medical complex in Khan Younis
2. Hospital room with children and their mothers
3. Various of Amir, 9, on drip with oxygen tube in his nose, dozing off, his mother standing by
4. Diana Mansour Abbas next to her son, Amir, showing his rib cage
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Diana Mansour Abbas, displaced from Gaza, mother of Amir:
"He is nine years old. He weighs 17 kilograms, he was 25 kilograms before the war. He has a pre-existing condition but with the war his condition worsened. The medication is not available. He needs digestive enzymes that he takes with food. They are not available. The food is also not available. He needs a nebulizer that we do at home at night and day. There is no electricity. So, we don't do it. He takes vitamins with food. There is no medication and there is no food."
6. Various of Amir's thin arm and legs
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Diana Mansour Abbas, displaced from Gaza, mother of Amir:
"The thing harming him the most, the doctor told me, is malnutrition. Since the morning, he has eaten nothing."
8. Various of doctor inspecting Karam, two-month-old boy, with a drip in hand
9. Manal Nayef, Karam's mother, caressing him
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Manal Nayef, mother of Karam from Rafah:
"My son Karam is two months old. He is underweight, he is weak because during the pregnancy there was no good nutrition. By nature, I must take calcium and vitamins because I have had kids born before with genetic problems - calcium was not available. As a mother, I was not well nourished to give birth to a healthy baby. Now, you see how he is. And it is getting worse because he needs a special formula, and it is not available."
11. Children in hospital room
12. Various of parents and children in admission room
13. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nour al-Arja, mother of 18-month girl Haneen From Rafah:
"She was born at 4 kilograms. Now she is 4.8 kgs. It is going down (from the weight she should be). For her age, she should be 9 or 10 kilograms. Instead of going up, it is going down. There is no food or drinks for her."
14. Various of doctor Ragheb Warshagha examining a child
15. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ragheb Warshagha, doctor:
“Because of the war, we have many cases of malnutrition because of the conditions (the war created). I was in the clinic, and I had 30 children, most of them had malnutrition, because of the lack of food in the Strip. Especially protein, meat is not available. Eggs may be available, but it is very expensive and not everyone can afford the appropriate food for their children."
16. Exterior shot of the Tahrir building in Nasser Medical complex
STORYLINE:
With the risk of famine in the Gaza Strip remaining "high", according to a draft report, children with underlying health conditions in the territory have become particularly vulnerable.
An influx of aid appears to have eased a hunger crisis in northern Gaza for now, but the entire territory remains at “high risk” of famine after Israel's offensive in Rafah caused displacement and the disruption of aid operations in the south, a report by the leading international authority on the severity of hunger crises said.
Manal Nayef, from Rafah, has made multiple visits to the hospital since her son Karam was born underweight nearly three months ago.
"The medication is not available," she said.
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