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These images are part of a series highlighting the suffering of children in Gaza, where a humanitarian disaster is escalating and civilians are starving.
Brothers Udai, 3, and Muhammad Muhra, 4, who suffer from severe malnutrition, are being treated Wednesday at Asdikaa al Marid hospital in Gaza. Israel’s air and ground war has killed more than 61,000 people, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, and caused severe and widespread hunger.
Ten-year-old Nafez Mohammed Khidr Nasser is struggling with serious health problems due to malnutrition and brain atrophy in Gaza City. His weight has dropped rapidly, and he has lost the ability to walk. Nafez and his family are seeking treatment abroad.
Amara Amara cries as she holds her 4-month-old son, Ammar, in Gaza City this week. Israel’s blockade and military offensive have made it nearly impossible to safely deliver aid, contributing to the territory’s slide toward famine. Aid groups say Israel’s recent measures to allow more aid in are far from sufficient.
Yazan Abu Ful, 2, stands shirtless for a photo at his family’s home in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on July 23.
Shahinaz al-Dibs looks after her 14-year-old son, Mosab, at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, on July 31. The teen is largely paralyzed and only partly conscious after suffering a serious head injury on May 7, when an Israeli airstrike hit near their tent. He is now malnourished due to the hospital’s lack of supplements and nutrient formula.
Maryam Abdulaziz Mahmoud Davvas, 9, who took shelter with her family at a displacement center due to ongoing Israeli attacks, has become unable to walk due to severe malnutrition in Gaza City, Gaza, on Thursday. Hospital tests revealed no underlying medical condition, and doctors confirmed that her condition is solely the result of hunger and malnutrition.
Misk al-Madhoun, 6, struggles with both brain atrophy and severe malnutrition caused by hunger in Gaza City, Gaza, on July 31, 2025. Since October 7, 2023, at least 147 people, including 88 children, have died due to hunger.
Razan Abu Zaher, 4, who suffers from brain atrophy and severe malnutrition, is shown at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital on July 2. Between March and June, Israel allowed just 56,000 metric tonnes of food to enter the territory, according to records by the Israeli agency Cogat.
Obaida Al-Qarra, 10, receives treatment for malnutrition at Nasser Hospital in the Gaza Strip on July 27, 2025. He recently contracted chicken pox.
Sham Qadeh, a 22-month-old Palestinian girl, is struggling to survive with her mom in a makeshift tent in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on June 28, 2025. Weighing nearly 10 pounds, Sham suffers from severe malnutrition and an enlarged liver, putting her life at serious risk. Sham was born after a nine-year fertility journey through in-vitro fertilization.
Six-year-old Malik Nidal Saad suffers from severe malnutrition in a tent in western Gaza, where he took shelter with his family after fleeing Beit Lahiya, on July 27. Due to Israel’s blockade on the Gaza Strip, Malik’s weight dropped from 33 to 15 pounds as a result of lack of food and supplements.
Mohammed al-Mutawaq, an 18-month-old Palestinian boy with medical issues and signs of malnutrition, lies on a mattress inside a tent in the Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, on July 25.
Yezen Abu Ful, a 2-year-old Palestinian whose health has deteriorated due to lack of access to food and nutritional supplements, is seen with his mother in the Al-Shati Refugee Camp in the Gaza Strip on July 24.
Palestinians gather to receive meals in Gaza, July 23, 2025.
Throughout history, dehumanization preceded and justified atrocities. And the hungrier and more deprived people become, the less ‘like us’ they appear.
A weak and malnourished child is seen along with his mother at the Abdulaziz er-Rantisi Children’s Hospital in Gaza City on July 24, 2025.
Hidaya, a 31-year-old Palestinian mother, carries her 18-month-old son Mohammed al-Mutawaq, who is showing signs of malnutrition, inside their tent at the Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, on July 24, 2025.
Israel has blocked food aid for six weeks. More than 2.1 million people are trapped and dying. Even my cat is starving.
Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq, an 18-month-old child, faces life-threatening malnutrition as the humanitarian situation worsens in Gaza City, Gaza, on July 21, 2025.
As war continues in Gaza, President Biden must demand that Israel allow the unrestricted entry of food and other humanitarian aid at land crossings.
Naeema, a 30-year-old Palestinian mother, carries her malnourished 2-year-old son Yazan as they stand in their damaged home in the Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, on July 23, 2025.
A Palestinian boy waits for a meal at a charity kitchen in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 22, 2025.
A Palestinian girl suffers from malnutrition and is measured while receiving treatment at the Patient Friends Assn. Hospital in Gaza City on July 22, 2025.
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