Medics in Gaza said they were working to step up screening of young children for severe malnutrition amid fears that hunger is spreading as people flee to new areas.

Aid group International Medical Corps (IMC) and partners are planning to reach more than 200,000 children under 5 years old as part of a ‘Find and Treat’ campaign, one of its doctors, Mumawwar Said, told Reuters by phone.

“With the displacement, communities are settling in new locations that do not have access to clean water, or there is not adequate access to food,” he said.

“We fear there are more cases being missed.”

Over the weekend, families were already coming into an IMC clinic in the central city of Deir al-Balah, which opened after the agency said it had to shut down two centres in the southern city of Rafah due to insecurity.

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