Gaza's children face genetic harm ‘for generations to come’ from Israel’s genocide

Rice is the only nutritious food Mohamed Aldreini can afford to feed his 22-month-old daughter, Rewan. 

The Palestinian toddler has never tasted her mother’s milk since being born in November 2023, a month after the Israeli genocide in Gaza began. 

Rewan’s mother, now caring for four children, is battling depression. 

Her body stopped producing milk after repeated trauma caused by the Israeli siege and relentless bombardment. 

The family was forced to flee their home in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, first to Gaza City, then to Khan Younis.

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