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The Guardian - UK
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William Christou in Amman and Malak A Tantesh in Gaza

‘They’re skin and bones’: doctors in Gaza warn babies at risk of death from lack of formula

A woman feeds her child with a bottle in a tent
A woman feeds her child a formula of anise, due to lack of baby formula, in a tent at a camp in Khan Yunis. Photograph: Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty Images

Doctors in Gaza have warned that hundreds of babies are at risk of death amid a critical shortage of baby milk, as Israel continues to restrict the humanitarian aid that can enter the beleaguered strip.

Dr Ahmad al-Farra, the head of paediatrics at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis, said his ward had only about a week’s worth of infant formula remaining. The doctor has already run out of specialised formula meant for premature babies and is forced to use regular formula, rationing it between the infants under his care.

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