Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry says 33 people have died from malnutrition in the last 48 hours, including 12 children.

More than 100 largely aid and rights groups on Wednesday called for governments to take action as hunger spreads in Gaza, including by demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire and the lifting of all restrictions on the flow of humanitarian aid.

The wail of a woman in a floral dress reverberates through the malnutrition ward and down the stuffy hallways of a hospital in eastern Afghanistan: The unfiltered pain of a mother watching her 1-year-old son die.

The Hamas-run health ministry says 36 people have died from malnutrition in Gaza in the past 72 hours. The United Nations says humanitarian conditions are breaking down.

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The Norwegian Refugee Council, one of the largest independent aid organisations in Gaza, told Reuters on Tuesday its supplies were exhausted and some of its staff starving, and the group accused Israel of paralysing its work.

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