According to Unicef figures, 9,300 children were treated for severe acute malnutrition in October. That is significantly less than the peak of 14,000 children in August, but much more than the child malnutrition rate during the previous ceasefire in February and March of this year.
“It’s still a shockingly high number,” Ingram said, briefing journalists by video from Gaza.
In October, about 8,300 pregnant and breastfeeding women were also hospitalised for acute malnutrition.
“This pattern is a grave warning and it will likely result in low birthweight babies being born in the Gaza Strip for months to come,” Ingram added.
“This is not over. Generations of families, including those being born now into this ceasefire, have been forever altered by what was inflicted upon them.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/09/children-gaza-hospitalised-acute-malnutrition-un-says