The Gaza Government Media Office has said that more than 65,000 cases of acute malnutrition have been recorded among 1.1 million children in Gaza, Al Jazeera reports.

Israel’s attacks on Gaza and its ongoing total blockade of the Strip have led to a “catastrophic deterioration in health conditions, and the prevalence of cases of acute malnutrition, especially among children and infants”, the media office said in a statement on Telegram.

It condemned Israel for “using the weapon of starvation and thirst as a method of systematic war aimed at killing life in the Gaza Strip, in flagrant violation of all international and humanitarian laws and norms”.

It also called on the international community to intervene immediately to hold Israel responsible and alleviate the crisis.