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EPAA Gazan girl who was evacuated to Italy for remedy whereas severely emaciated has died in hospital.
The 20-year-old, recognized as Marah Abu Zuhri, flew to Pisa together with her mom on an in a single day flight on Wednesday beneath a scheme arrange by the Italian authorities.
The College Hospital of Pisa mentioned she suffered a cardiac arrest and died on Friday, lower than 48 hours after arriving. It mentioned she had a “very advanced scientific image” and had suffered extreme lack of weight and muscle. Italian information businesses reported she was affected by extreme malnutrition.
Cogat, the Israeli army physique in command of support, mentioned on Sunday that she had suffered from leukaemia.
In a press release, it mentioned Israel “facilitates the medical switch of sufferers, with a give attention to youngsters, and encourages international locations world wide to make such requests”.
The UN has warned of widespread malnutrition in Gaza, with consultants backed by the organisation warning final month in a report that the “worst-case state of affairs” of famine is taking part in out in Gaza.
Israel has denied there’s hunger in Gaza and accused UN businesses of not choosing up support on the borders and delivering it.
Greater than 180 youngsters and adults have been dropped at Italy for the reason that begin of Israel’s battle with Gaza.
Thirty one sufferers and their companions arrived in Rome, Milan, and Pisa this week, all with severe congenital ailments, wounds or amputations, the Italian overseas ministry mentioned.
In the meantime, British MPs urged the government to carry sick and injured youngsters from Gaza to the UK “directly”, weeks after the British prime minister, Sir Keir Starmer, promised to arrange an evacuation scheme.
The Dwelling Workplace mentioned it intends to evacuate a number of hundred youngsters from Gaza “at tempo” and that biometric checks should be carried out earlier than youngsters and carers could be allowed within the UK.
The Israeli ministry mentioned it can begin offering Gaza Metropolis residents with tents and different tools from Sunday earlier than relocating them to “secure zones”.
The assertion got here days after Israel’s authorities introduced troops would occupy Gaza Metropolis. A number of days of heavy bombardment of the Zeitoun, the biggest district within the metropolis, has since adopted.
A spokesperson for the municipality advised the BBC that the state of affairs in Zeitoun was “catastrophic”, with mass displacement going down after six days of relentless Israeli air strikes, shelling and demolition operations.
Not less than 36 individuals have been killed in Israeli strikes on Saturday, in accordance with Gaza’s Hamas-run well being ministry.
The well being ministry additionally mentioned that 11 extra individuals had died from malnutrition, bringing the variety of hunger-related deaths to greater than 250.
The Israeli army mentioned it was “dedicated to mitigating civilian hurt” and questioned the reliability of the dying tolls supplied by the Hamas-run ministries.
Israel’s authorities denies there’s malnutrition in Gaza. It says its forces goal terrorists and by no means civilians, and claims that Hamas is answerable for the humanitarian disaster.
Greater than 60,000 individuals have been killed for the reason that begin of Israel’s battle in Gaza, in accordance with the Hamas-run well being ministry.


















































