Palestinian babies in Gaza are not just at risk — they are dying due to Israel’s blockade on infant formula. With mothers too malnourished or dead to breastfeed, and hospitals running out of supplies, the situation is catastrophic.

Infants are starving: Doctors in Gaza say babies are arriving at hospitals “just skin and bones.”

The Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis has only one week of formula left; no formula for premature babies remains.

Mothers can’t feed because they are too malnourished or deceased to breastfeed.

At least 66 children have already died of hunger since October 2023, according to local health officials.

Amnesty International accuses Israel of using starvation as a weapon of war, calling it part of a policy aimed at genocide.

WHO reports that around 112 children are admitted daily for malnutrition treatment.

Aid trucks are allowed in carry no infant formula but Israeli forces confiscated baby formula from the luggage of foreign doctors. Gaza needs 500 aid trucks a day; often fewer than 50 are allowed in. The US- and Israeli-backed GHF system doesn't include baby formula.

On the Black market, one can of formula now costs $50, ten times the regular price.