oPt: World Breastfeeding Week: Hunger and hardship undermine breastfeeding in Gaza

Country: occupied Palestinian territory Source: Save the Children GAZA, 1 August 2026 – Palestinian mothers in Gaza are struggling to breastfeed their infants more than 10 months since the ‘ceasefire’ agreement was put in place amid Israeli restrictions on humanitarian aid and commercial goods into Gaza, said Save the Children. As World Breastfeeding Week begins, Save the Children and its partners in Gaza are diagnosing high rates of malnutrition in pregnant and breastfeeding women, with rates particularly bad in n