Palestinian Health Ministry warns Gaza hunger reached catastrophic levels this October sixteenthone hundred fifty eight thousand children face severe acute malnutrition in Gaza

Twenty eight thousand of those children now face immediate life threatening danger

Stunted growth appears among twelve point two percent of Gaza's young childrenEleven percent of elderly people spend entire days without eating any food

Pregnant women's anemia rose from forty one percent to sixty one percentOfficials urge United Nations to ensure safe, unrestricted food and medicine access