"All 350,000 children under the age of five in Gaza are especially vulnerable to severe malnutrition, UNICEF reported last month."
The “scale and speed” of potential famine in Gaza will consign child survivors to a lifetime of health risks, said Rebecca Inglis, an intensive care doctor in Britain who regularly visits Gaza to teach medical students.
The first 1,000 days of a child’s life are “absolutely critical” for physical growth & cognitive development, Inglis told CNN."