CNN – At least four more children have died in Gaza this week as a result of dehydration and malnutrition, said the Palestinian Ministry of Health in a statement issued Thursday.
The children died at Kamal Adwan Hospital, it added.
The death toll of children dying as a result of malnutrition and dehydration has risen to 10 in northern Gaza, the ministry said. In addition to the four children, the ministry and a local doctor previously said at least six children died — four at Kamal Adwan Hospital and two at the Al-Shifa Medical Complex — because of dire conditions at hospitals.
“Hospitals in northern Gaza are unable to provide life-saving services. The cessation of medical services in northern Gaza is a death sentence for 700,000 citizens,” the statement from the health ministry read.
“We call on the international community to provide a safe humanitarian corridor for the arrival of medical and humanitarian aid and fuel to prevent the humanitarian and health catastrophe in northern Gaza.”
CNN is unable to confirm the conditions of children and the cause of their deaths independently.
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