Mother fears 'imminent' loss of last child to starvation

Fadi al-Zant, a six-year-old Palestinian boy, has rapidly lost weight due to a severe shortage of medicine and food in Israeli-besieged northern Gaza.

Zant has been at the Kamal Adwan hospital in the town of Beit Lahia, where he is being treated for malnutrition. His condition is complicated because he cannot receive essential treatment for cystic fibrosis, a genetic disease he has had since birth.

This disease requires a specific diet, including vegetables, fruits, eggs, nuts, and other mashed foods beneficial for his body, his mother, Shaimaa, told Anadolu news agency. 

Doctors are also unable to provide him with medicines because of the ongoing blockade of imports into the besieged territory.

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