We are outraged at another child’s death in Gaza. This time the cause is not Israeli bombs or tank shells but instead the inhumane blockade of Gaza that has left nearly 2 million people without clean water, electricity, proper medical care, or the ability to leave the Gaza Strip.

A sewage drain floods into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Gaza.

Palestinian child Mohammed Salim Al-Sayis, 5, from Az-Zaytoun neighborhood in eastern Gaza City died on Saturday, 29 July 2017, at around 2 am. He was diagnosed with Ekiri syndrome, which caused lethal toxic encephalopathy. He died as a result, according to the diagnosis in his medical report.

Read the full press release from Al Mezan Center for Human Rights