Video of Palestinian girl feeding her little brother amid famine in Gaza melts hearts

A video of a minor Palestinian girl feeding her little brother amidst famine and destruction in Gaza has gone viral on social media.

The video shows the young girl carefully feeding her brother, surrounded by the rubble of their destroyed home.

The video has melted the hearts of millions, shining a light on the plight of Palestinians struggling to survive in the war-torn region.

Thousands of children in Gaza have been diagnosed with malnutrition, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). 

“A significant proportion of Gaza’s population is now facing catastrophic hunger and famine-like conditions,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom said on June 12 while talking to reporters.

A little girl feeds her little brother amidst the ongoing famine in Gaza. pic.twitter.com/VvI8PTYtV2

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Earlier, the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) head Cindy McCain said people in Gaza are starving to death.

"The speed at which this man-made hunger and malnutrition crisis has ripped through Gaza is terrifying,” he added.

“To have 50 percent of an entire population in catastrophic, near-famine levels, is unprecedented,” Beth Bechdol, the deputy director general of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), said.

The WFP estimated that around 1.1 million people are "struggling with catastrophic hunger and starvation" due to Israel's severe restrictions on food, water, medicine, and fuel supplies to the besieged enclave.

Israel's war on Gaza since October 7 has killed more than 40,000 people, with over 90,000 wounded, according to Palestinian authorities in Gaza.