Yazan Kafarne suffered from cerebral palsy
He died from malnutrition during the war.
Houthis launch drone attacks on ships in Red Sea
As the war between Israel and the Palestinian armed group Hamas continues, Yazan Kafarneh, a 10-year-old Palestinian boy with cerebral palsy who showed the miserable reality of the Gaza Strip by lying on his bed with only a skeleton-like body, died on the 4th. died. The New York Times (NYT) reported on the 9th that the medical staff who treated him cited malnutrition and respiratory infection as the causes of death.
In the photos of Kafarne that have been posted on social media, his facial skeleton is clearly visible, showing how serious the food shortage is in the Gaza Strip. His eyes are also sunken and his chin sticks out sharply.
Kafarneh, who lived in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, ate eggs and bananas for breakfast before the war broke out in October last year. She also received treatment for cerebral palsy. After the outbreak of war, his entire family fled, and he was unable to eat soft, nutritious food and did not receive proper medical treatment. After much hardship, he arrived at a hospital in Rafah, the southernmost city in the Gaza Strip, but died there. The hospital’s medical staff attributed the lack of nutrition to his weakened immune system.
Recently, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) also announced, “From the end of last month until recently, at least 20 people, including children and the elderly, in the Gaza Strip have died from hunger and dehydration.” Many relief organizations warn that if food shortages worsen, more people may starve to death. Negotiations for a temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which were conducted ahead of the Islamic fasting holiday ‘Ramadan’ starting on the 10th, ultimately failed. It appears that the suffering of Gaza residents will continue for the time being.
As the first civilian death occurred on the 6th due to an attack on a civilian ship in the Red Sea by Yemen’s pro-Iran Shiite rebels, the Houthis, a multinational coalition led by the United States, including the United Kingdom and France, shot down dozens of Houthi unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) on the 9th. took revenge.
On this day, the U.S. Central Command announced through ‘ Britain also announced that its destroyer ‘HMS Richmond’ shot down two Houthi drones using ‘Cceptor missiles’, and France also announced that its frigate ‘Languedoc’ shot down four drones.
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Source: Donga
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