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Over 40,000 babies at risk of death due to Israeli blockade on baby formula

The Gaza-based Government Media Office has warned of imminent danger to the lives of over 40,000 infants as Israel continues block the import of baby formula, a ban that has run for the past 150 days.

This ongoing blockade threatens an unprecedented humanitarian disaster and the slow death of tens of thousands of children, the office said. 

A prematurely born baby lies inside an infant incubator at the al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on 15 March 2025 (AFP)
A prematurely born baby lies inside an infant incubator at the al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on 15 March 2025 (AFP)