The lifeless body of 2.5-year-old Ro’a Mashi lay on a table at Gaza’s Nasser Hospital, her arms and rib cage skeletal, her eyes sunken.
Doctors said she had no preexisting conditions, yet months of food shortages and interrupted care had left her emaciated.
Her family shared the photograph with The Associated Press (AP), which was confirmed by the attending physician.
Ro’a was one of four children who died of severe malnutrition at Nasser Hospital in just over two weeks.
Fatma Mashi, her mother, recalled noticing her daughter losing weight last year, initially blaming teething.
