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After months of warnings over the risk of famine in Gaza under Israel’s bombardment, offensives and siege, Palestinian children are starting to die in the enclave. Hunger is most acute in northern Gaza, which has been isolated by Israeli forces and has suffered long cutoffs of food supply deliveries. At least 20 people have died from malnutrition and dehydration at the north’s Kamal Adwan and Shifa hospitals, according to the Health Ministry. Most of the dead are children, including ones as old as 15 and a 72-year-old man.Particularly vulnerable children are also beginning to succumb in the so…

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