<img width="1024" height="682" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Gaza-Malnutrition-72325_AP25205607434749_AP-PhotoJehad-Alshrafi.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&ssl=1" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" alt="The back of a two year old child, malnourished to the point where all bones are visible" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Gaza-Malnutrition-72325_AP25205607434749_AP-PhotoJehad-Alshrafi.jpg?w=2000&ssl=1 2000w, https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Gaza-Malnutrition-72325_AP25205607434749_AP-PhotoJehad-Alshrafi.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Gaza-Malnutrition-72325_AP25205607434749_AP-PhotoJehad-Alshrafi.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Gaza-Malnutrition-72325_AP25205607434749_AP-PhotoJehad-Alshrafi.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Gaza-Malnutrition-72325_AP25205607434749_AP-PhotoJehad-Alshrafi.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Gaza-Malnutrition-72325_AP25205607434749_AP-PhotoJehad-Alshrafi.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&ssl=1 1200w, https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Gaza-Malnutrition-72325_AP25205607434749_AP-PhotoJehad-Alshrafi.jpg?resize=780%2C520&ssl=1 780w, https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Gaza-Malnutrition-72325_AP25205607434749_AP-PhotoJehad-Alshrafi.jpg?resize=400%2C267&ssl=1 400w, https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Gaza-Malnutrition-72325_AP25205607434749_AP-PhotoJehad-Alshrafi.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&ssl=1&w=370 370w" sizes="(max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw – 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw / 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw / 12)), 100vw" data-attachment-id="336315" data-permalink="https://www.mississippifreepress.org/gaza-malnutrition-72325_ap25205607434749_ap-photojehad-alshrafi/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/www.mississippifreepress.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Gaza-Malnutrition-72325_AP25205607434749_AP-PhotoJehad-Alshrafi.jpg?fit=2000%2C1333&ssl=1" data-orig-size="2000,1333" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Gaza-Malnutrition 72325_AP25205607434749_AP PhotoJehad Alshrafi" data-image-description="
Yazan Abu Ful, a 2-year-old malnourished child, poses for a photo at his family home in the Shati refugee camp, in Gaza City on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
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Yazan Abu Ful, a 2-year-old malnourished child, poses for a photo at his family home in the Shati refugee camp, in Gaza City on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi
Gaza’s population is facing the “worst-case scenario of famine” and “widespread death” will occur without immediate action, the leading international authority on food crises has warned. Experts said “increasingly stringent blockades” by Israel have “dramatically worsened” the situation.
