Gaza, over 70,000 victims. Unicef: still over 9,000 children at risk of malnutrition

The Hamas-led Gaza Ministry of Health reported that the death toll in the Strip since the beginning of the war with Israel is 70,103, while the number of wounded is 170,985. This was reported by the Israeli media. Since the beginning of the truce on 10 October, 356 people have been killed and 908 wounded, according to the same source.

On Saturday two little brothers aged 10 and 12 were killed by an Israeli drone east of Khan Yunis, in the south of the Gaza Strip. This was reported by the Palestinian news agency Wafa and Reuters, citing doctors and relatives of the two children. The children's uncle said an Israeli drone opened fire on Fadi and Goma Abu Assi as they were collecting firewood to help their wheelchair-bound father. At least 354 Palestinians have been killed since the beginning of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas on 10 October, according to Gaza health authorities, Reuters recalls.

The Israeli army has announced that it killed three Palestinians in two separate incidents in the south of the Gaza Strip after they crossed the 'Yellow Line', which demarcates the area under Israeli control during the first phase of the ceasefire agreement. This was reported by the Times of Israel. In the first case, two people were spotted by troops of the Kfir Brigade in the Khan Younis area crossing the line and carrying out "suspicious activities on the ground", approaching the military in a way that posed, according to the IDF, "an immediate threat". The Israeli Air Force intervened by striking and killing the two individuals to "remove the threat", the army explained. Palestinian media claim that the victims were two minors. In a second incident, in the Rafah area, soldiers of the Nahal Brigade spotted an alleged militant who had crossed the line and was heading towards the troops. Again, the army reports that the man was 'eliminated to remove the threat'.

Meanwhile, Unicef reports that more than 9,000 children in the Strip are at risk of acute malnutrition. "High levels of malnutrition continue to endanger the lives and wellbeing of children in the Gaza Strip, exacerbated by the arrival of winter which accelerates the spread of disease and increases the risk of death among the most vulnerable children," is the warning issued today by the organisation, pointing out that "nutritional screenings identified nearly 9,300 children under five years of age affected by acute malnutrition in October".

A figure that certifies a 'decrease compared to the 11,746 children in September and the 14,363 children in August', added the UN agency, according to which, however, 'October still marks one of the highest monthly hospitalisation rates ever recorded, almost five times higher than in February 2025, during the previous ceasefire'.