'I'm so tired': Mother of starving Gazan baby speaks to BBC

Jul 25, 2025
BBC News
'I'm so tired': Mother of starving Gazan baby speaks to BBC
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'I'm so tired': Mother of starving Gazan baby speaks to BBC

Hedaya al-Muta'wi 's 18-month-old son Mohammed suffers from malnutrition due to famine and weighs just 6kg. He suffers from fatigue and can no longer stand or sit up. She told the BBC "my husband was killed in the war and I don't have a breadwinner, except God".

How did we get here?

She said she works hard and labours to provide her son with baby formula milk, but can't provide for him properly because she is alone. The crisis unfolds amid a violent confrontation between the Israeli military and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, where 250,000 people have been displaced and more than 100 have been killed.

What's next?

The Israeli military says its troops have fired on Palestinians who were trying to infiltrate its border, and that it holds the Palestinian Authority responsible for what it calls "incitement" and the use of "civilian shields".

Original source: BBC News