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Anwar Abdul Nabi sits on the edge of a bed at Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza. Her eyes are clouded with grief.
Young mother gently holds the fingers of her daughter, Mila. Just a few minutes ago, her 7-year-old daughter died of starvation.
" My daughter was taken to the mercy of God, due to the lack of calcium, potassium and oxygen. Suddenly, everything fell apart, because she was not eating anything with iron, not even eggs. She ate eggs every day before the war. Now nothing. She passed away ," Nabi told CNN on Monday, crying in the arms of an elderly relative.
As Israel's harsh restrictions on aid entering the Gaza Strip deplete essential supplies, displaced Palestinians told CNN they are struggling to feed their children.
Starving mothers are unable to produce enough milk to breastfeed their babies, doctors say. Parents arrive at overwhelmed health facilities seeking infant formula. In northern Gaza, people rush to grab aid from rare humanitarian outlets.
Health workers say they cannot provide life-saving treatment to malnourished Gazans because Israel's bombing and siege have overwhelmed the medical system. One-year-old Watin, in northern Gaza, is tired and weak from dehydration. Instead of drinking baby formula, she's surviving on one to two meals a day.
" She is only eating one meal. She went a long time without milk. This child suffers from the inability to move. We don't know what to do, " said her father, Ikhlas Shehadeh, who is trying to collect enough food for her feed his daughter.
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