One of the most vulnerable groups in Gaza are the elderly who comprise 5% of Gaza's population.
If not directly killed by Israeli attacks, they fall victim to struggles that could lead to their slow death, such as the suffocating Israeli-made war of famine on the Strip.
A mother hugs her child who cries as he suffers from severe malnutrition as a result of the Israeli blockade of baby formula, food, water, medicine and all basic life supplies from the Gaza Strip.
In the past 24 hours, 9 Palestinians have died of forced starvation and malnutrition due to the Israeli imposed blockade on the Gaza Strip. This makes the total number of Palestinians who died of forced starvation in Gaza, 117.