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GAZA, PALESTINE (JULY 26, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL)

1. VARIOUS OF PALESTINIAN MAN CARRYING BODY OF 7-DAY-OLD INFANT IN HIS ARMS

2. VARIOUS OF PALESTINIAN MEN PERFORMING FUNERAL PRAYER

3. PALESTINIAN MAN CARRYING INFANT'S BODY IN HIS ARMS

4. KHALIL MOHAMMAD ARAFAT, UNCLE OF THE INFANT, SPEAKING TO REPORTERS

5. VARIOUS OF PALESTINIANS CARRYING INFANT’S BODY TO BURIAL SITE AND BIDDING FAREWELL GAZA, PALESTINE - JULY 26, 2025: A 7-day-old Palestinian infant, Hud Arafat, died in Gaza on Saturday morning from severe malnutrition and the lack of baby formula, according to a medical source.

The infant’s death is the latest in a mounting humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip, where Israel’s ongoing blockade has severely restricted access to food, medicine, and other essential supplies.

The medical source stated that Arafat’s condition was directly linked to acute food shortages and Israel’s starvation policy.

Arafat is one of three children who have died from hunger-related causes in the past 24 hours. According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, at least 124 Palestinians — including 84 children — have died from malnutrition and hunger-related complications since the start of the Israeli genocidal war on Oct. 7, 2023

The ministry on Thursday reported 26,677 registered cases of malnutrition and noted more than 260,000 children under the age of 5 are in urgent need of food.

Since March 2, Israel has backtracked on implementing a ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal with Hamas and has kept Gaza’s crossings shut, leaving hundreds of aid trucks stranded at the borders.

Rejecting international calls for a ceasefire, Israel has pursued genocide in Gaza since late 2023, killing more than 59,700 Palestinians, most of them women and children. Deaths by starvation have climbed in recent days due to a months-long blockade and poor distribution of aid by the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.