16.8.2025
A 20-year-old Palestinian woman has died from malnutrition in Italy just a day after being evacuated from the Gaza Strip.
Marah Abu Zuhri, who arrived in Italy less than 24 hours ago from Gaza on a military flight from the 46th Air Brigade as part of the Italian government’s humanitarian operation, died on Friday in Pisa, ANSA news agency reported.
According to the report, she was severely malnourished when the flight landed on Thursday night, alongside other Palestinian patients and their families.
Zuhri, accompanied by her mother, was immediately taken to Cisanello Hospital because she was in critical condition.
In a statement, the University Hospital of Pisa (AOUP) expresses its “deepest condolences” for the young woman’s death.
Meanwhile at least 11 more Palestinians were killed in Gaza over the last 24 hours as a result of malnutrition and Israeli-imposed starvation, bringing the total number of deaths to 251 since March, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported on Saturday.
Munir al-Bursh, director general of the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza, reported that 108 of the victims were children.
Since March 2, Israeli authorities have completely closed all border crossings, exacerbating famine-like conditions across the enclave.
Rejecting international calls for a ceasefire, the Israeli army has pursued a brutal offensive on Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, killing nearly 61,900 Palestinians, most of them women and children. The relentless bombing has destroyed the enclave and led to a high risk of famine.
Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. Agency reports
Agony...Palestinian children hungry for food