Inside the Gaza hospital where mums are too weak to breastfeed

Medics reduced to eating animal feed to get through their gruelling shifts. Mothers unable to breastfeed because they are so weak and hungry. Pregnant women in intensive care – and even losing their babies – because they are so malnourished. Tiny bundles of newborns, crammed two to an incubator because space is running out. This is the grim picture painted by doctors and nurses in the war-ravaged north of Gaza where a catastrophic famine is unfolding in real time. Israel vehemently denies there are any limits on aid going into Gaza and maintains it is supporting air, land and sea deliveries of supplies. But the United Nation’s most senior officials say this humanitarian crisis is the result of Israel’s crippling restrictions and bombardment of the strip in retaliation for Hamas’s attack on 7 October. Watch more on Independent TV: Click here to subscribe to The Independent: About The In