Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, the head of Kamal Adwan Hospital, says the facility has seen a steep rise in malnutrition cases among children, especially newborns, Al Jazeera reports.

“Signs of weakness and paleness are apparent on newborns because the mother is malnourished,” Abu Safiya says.

The hospital, in the northern Gaza Strip, has treated babies with advanced dehydration and other complications from malnutrition, he says.

“Unfortunately many kids have died in the past weeks.”

“If we don’t get the proper aid urgently, we will be losing more and more to malnutrition.”