Gaza’s death toll rises to 64,368: Health Ministry

Gaza’s Health Ministry said the ‘Israeli’-orchestrated famine has killed five more people, including three children in the past 24 hours, raising the total number of malnutrition deaths to 387, 138 of them children. 

On August 22, global hunger monitor IPC (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification) had already confirmed that famine is happening in northern Gaza and spreading across the enclave. 

Since then, 109 deaths have been recorded including 23 children, the ministry added.  

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Meanwhile, ‘Israel’ sent airstrikes targeting a school, tents and a home, killing at least 17 people overnight, Al Jazeera reported. 

The ministry said that 87 martyrs and 409 others wounded reached Gaza’s hospitals over the past 24 hours, including 31 killed and 132 injured while waiting for aid.

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