Palestinian mothers say children suffering from dehydration

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Palestinian mothers sheltering in schools and hospitals in central Gaza have reported children being dehydrated and severely underweight, Al Jazeera reports.

The mother of a one-and-a-half-year-old boy, Yamen Mohammed Hajjaj, said she was displaced from the Shujaiya neighbourhood to al-Nuseirat camp and suffered from dehydration and diarrhoea after staying in a UNRWA school.

Another woman said her child had contracted gastroenteritis and lost half her weight as a result of a lack of nutrition.

Internally displaced Palestinian children from the Gaza Strip, sleep on the ground as they and others are camped in the grounds of the al-Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on November 9, 2023. — AFP
Internally displaced Palestinian children from the Gaza Strip, sleep on the ground as they and others are camped in the grounds of the al-Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on November 9, 2023. — AFP

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