Health authorities say eight more people, including two children, die from malnutrition after famine declared in Gaza.At least 51 Palestinians, including 16 seeking aid, have been killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza, medical sources told Al Jazeera, as health authorities in the besieged territory recorded eight more deaths from malnutrition amid a deepening hunger crisis.Israeli artillery shelled tents sheltering displaced families in the Asdaa area northwest of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, killing 16 people, including six children, on Saturday, according to medical sources.In central Gaza, two people were killed in an Israeli drone strike on a house in the Maghazi refugee camp.A Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli forces while waiting for aid near a distribution point close to the so-called “Morag axis”, southeast of Khan Younis.Another civilian seeking aid was shot dead near the Israeli-controlled Netzarim Corridor.Starvation deathsPalestinian health authorities said on Saturday that eight more Palestinians, including two children, died from malnutrition over the past 24 hours, raising the total death toll to 281 since the onset of the humanitarian crisis.Munir al-Bursh, the director-general of Gaza’s Health Ministry, said on social media that 114 children were among the victims.“The famine is silently ravaging the bodies of civilians, depriving children of their right to life, and turning tents and hospitals into daily scenes of tragedy,” he added.The United Nations on Friday officially declared a famine …
