‘Death of a generation’: Gaza infants battle starvation under deepening Israeli siege

Suwar Ashour weighed just 2.4kg at birth five months ago. Since then, she has gained less than half a kilogram.

"She used to vomit heavily from both breast milk and formula," said her mother, Najwa Aram, as she leaned over the crib where the tiny infant lay. 

Aram told Middle East Eye she had stayed in the hospital with her baby for 10 days.

Aram herself is malnourished and has struggled to breastfeed.

"Suwar was born during the hardship of war," she said. 

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