Children are falling victim to Israel’s starvation strategy aimed at destroying Gaza’s younger generations.
![Palestinian mother Israa Abu Haleeb looks after her five-month-old daughter, Zainab, who is diagnosed with malnutrition, according to medics, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis [File: Hussam Al-Masri/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2025-07-15T141103Z_297129143_RC21NFAJWV4T_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-GAZA-HUNGER-1752937817.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Alaa Arafat is a graduate from the Faculty of Education at the Islamic University of Gaza. Before the war, Alaa was teaching English to Palestinian s... tudents in the first through 12th grades. Alaa loves working with students to help them express their thoughts and feelings and encourage the next generation of Palestinian writers and thinkers.
Children are falling victim to Israel’s starvation strategy aimed at destroying Gaza’s younger generations.
![Palestinian mother Israa Abu Haleeb looks after her five-month-old daughter, Zainab, who is diagnosed with malnutrition, according to medics, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis [File: Hussam Al-Masri/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2025-07-15T141103Z_297129143_RC21NFAJWV4T_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-GAZA-HUNGER-1752937817.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)