Save the Children’s Alexandra Saieh, head of humanitarian policy and advocacy, told Al Jazeera that the situation for children in Gaza is now “absolutely catastrophic”.

Reports from Save the Children’s staff on the ground in Gaza recount instances of children who have lost limbs to explosions being treated only with basic pain relief because they have no other medical supplies to treat their wounds, Saieh said.

“No military goal could justify the mass-scale slaughter of civilians that we see in Gaza now every single day,” she said.

“The international community has normalised attacks on schools in Gaza. We are seeing Israeli forces attack schools-turned-shelters in Gaza now on a regular basis. And by the international community refusing to take action, they’ve just normalised this,” Saieh added.

“The situation in Gaza is now more desperate than it ever has been.”