Palestinians wait to receive free food from a food distribution center in Gaza City, on May 2, 2025. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)GAZA, May 3 (Xinhua) -- At least 57 Palestinians, mostly children, have died from malnutrition in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the Israeli offensive on Oct. 7, 2023, a Palestinian health official said Saturday."The number of deaths linked to malnutrition continues to rise amid the ongoing Israeli blockade and the near-collapse of the health sector," Marwan al-Hams, director of field hospitals in the Gaza-based health authorities, told Xinhua.A Palestinian child suffering from malnutrition is seen at Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, on June 30, 2024. (Photo by Abdul Rahman Salama/Xinhua)A Palestinian child suffering from malnutrition is treated at the Nasser Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on June 19, 2024.(Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)Palestinians receive free food from a food distribution center in Gaza City, on May 2, 2025. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)Displaced Palestinian children are seen at a temporary shelter in Gaza City, on April 7, 2025. (Photo by Mahmoud Zaki/Xinhua)