Yazan al-Kafarna, 10-year-old with cerebral palsy, dies of malnutrition

Over the weekend, images of Yazan al-Kafarna, a 10-year-old Palestinian child hospitilised in southern Gaza's Rafah with acute hunger and malnutrition, spread widely online.

Kafarna has died, according to reports on Monday. He is the 16th child to die of malnutrition since the war began in October.

Kafarna and his family were displaced from northern Gaza's Beit Hanoun. The images circulating over the weekend showed Kafarna, who had cerebral palsy and required a particular diet, lying on a hospital bed with sunken cheeks.

In one video, his father shows a photo of his son before the war looking healthy.

“Before the war he was healthy, he had access to all the food and medical care he needed. When the war started, everything was cut off… this happened to him from the lack of nutrition and him not having important foods,” he said, adding that the photo of him was taken just a week before the war started.

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