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Over 40,000 babies at risk of death due to Israeli blockade on baby formula
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Gaza-based Government Media Office has warned of an imminent danger to the lives of over 40,000 infants, as Israel continues to block the entry of baby formula for the past 150 days.</p>
<p>This ongoing blockade threatens an unprecedented humanitarian disaster and the slow death of tens of thousands of children, the office said. </p>
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<figcaption>A prematurely born baby lies inside an infant incubator at the al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on 15 March 2025 (AFP)</figcaption>
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