
The latest child to starve to death in Gaza weighed less than when she was born
Global News
A baby in Gaza who died, reportedly weighed less than when she was born, at over 3 kilograms at birth, and less than 2 kilograms when she passed away.
A mother pressed a final kiss to what remained of her 5-month-old daughter and wept.
Esraa Abu Halib’s baby now weighed less than when she was born.
The bundle containing Zainab Abu Halib represented the latest death from starvation after 21 months of war and Israeli restrictions on aid.
The baby was brought to the pediatric department of Nasser Hospital on Friday. She was already dead.
A worker at the morgue carefully removed her Mickey Mouse-printed shirt, pulling it over her sunken, open eyes. He pulled up the hems of her pants to show her knobby knees. His thumb was wider than her ankle. He could count the bones of her chest.
The girl had weighed over 3 kilograms (6.6 pounds) when she was born, her mother said. When she died, she weighed less than 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds).
A doctor said it was a case of “severe, severe starvation.”
She was wrapped in a white sheet for burial and placed on the sandy ground for prayers. The bundle was barely wider than the imam’s stance. He raised his open hands and invoked Allah once more.







