Doctors Without Borders in Gaza says many of its patients have been children

Thu, 10/12/2023 - 15:31

An emergency responder carriers an injured child in Gaza City. — Doctors Without Borders said many of the patients at their clinic in Gaza have been children.
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Doctors Without Borders in Gaza told Insider many of their patients have been kids.
About 1 million children live in Gaza. People under 18 make up nearly half the population.
Relief groups said blocked aid was impacting their ability to provide medical care.

Two days after the Israeli defense minister, Yoav Gallant, declared the "complete siege" of Gaza, doctors and aid organizations in the Palestinian territory said many of their patients had been children.