MSF says Israel has 'manufactured malnutrition crisis' in Gaza
Doctors Without Borders on Thursday accused Israel of having deliberately restricted food and aid in Gaza, creating a "manufactured malnutrition crisis" with particularly devastating impacts on infants and pregnant and breastfeeding women.
The report also examined what it said was the harm done by the US and Israeli-backed private organisation set up last year to largely replace UN distribution of aid in Gaza.
The medical charity, known by its French acronym MSF, based its case on an analysis of the situation between late 2024 and early 2026 at four health facilities it supports in the Gaza Strip.
That analysis showed significantly higher levels of prematurity and mortality among infants born to malnourished mothers, and spikes in miscarriages due to Israel's blockade of essential goods and attacks on civilian infrastructure.
"The malnutrition crisis is entirely manufactured," Merce Rocaspana, MSF's medical referent for emergencies, said in the statement.
A Palestinian mother carries her sick son, who is also displaying signs of malnutrition, inside their tent at the Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, on 24 July, 2025. (Omar AL-Qattaa / AFP)
