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Mothers and their babies face starvation in Gaza, where hospitals are overwhelmed
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Mayar Al-Arja, 2, who suffers from malnutrition, lies on a bed in a clinic in Nasser hospital, Khan Younis, Gaza, Wednesday, May 21, 2025. - photo by AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Grabbing her daughter's feeble arm, Asmaa al-Arja pulls a shirt over the 2-year-old's protruding ribs and swollen belly. The child lies on a hospital bed, heaving, then wails uncontrollably, throwing her arms around her own shoulders as if to console herself. This isn't the first time Mayar has been in a Gaza hospital battling malnutrition, yet this 17-day stint is the longest.