According to the article, al-Mutawaq’s mother told the outlet the 18-month-old “was born a healthy child,” later allegedly being diagnosed by the Friends of the Patient clinic and Al-Rantisi Children’s Hospital with “severe malnutrition.” In their updated piece, the NYT removed al-Mutawaq’s mother claiming the child had been born “healthy,” and instead included that the child had “problems affecting his brain and his muscle development.” The outlet continued to state that al-Mutawaq’s condition had deteriorated rapidly in “recent months” due to difficulty finding food and medical care. While Gaza’s Hamas-run Ministry of Health (GMH) told Reuters on July 22 that hospitals are allegedly “overwhelmed by the number of casualties from gunfire” and “can’t provide much more help for hunger-related symptoms because of food and medicine shortages,” outside verification from the GMH on the death toll from starvation has not been reported as of Tuesday.
Author: Daily Caller News Foundation
Published at: 2025-07-30 22:02:26
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