What happens to the body when it’s dying of starvation amid Gaza hunger crisis

Two-year-old Palestinian Yezen Abu Ful, whose health has deteriorated due to lack of access to food, with his mother in Al-Shati Refugee Camp in Gaza (Picture: Anadolu)

A doctor has detailed what exactly happens to a human body when it’s dying from starvation, in a plea for Israel to allow aid into Gaza.

Dr Amir Khan goes through step by step how the body begins to break down in the days and hours leading up to death, adding: ‘It’s not peaceful, it’s not quick, it’s a slow, lonely descent...