Doctors Without Borders has slammed Israel for creating a “deliberate humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza and accused it of trying to make aid conditional on the forced displacement of Palestinians, AFP reports.

“We are witnessing, in real time, the creation of conditions for the eradication of Palestinian lives in Gaza,” the medical charity, known by its French acronym MSF, said in a statement.

“Gaza has become a hell on earth for Palestinians.”

MSF warned that its medical teams on the ground had “seen a 32-per cent increase in the number of patients presenting with malnutrition over the past two weeks”.

“Dwindling fuel stocks are limiting the ability to desalinate and distribute water,” it said in its statement.

“Those health facilities that still function — already critically inadequate in number and capacity for the population — are still being attacked and are suffering from rapidly diminishing stocks of medications and other essential supplies.”

MSF highlighted that its “teams in Gaza have received no supplies for 11 weeks and face critical shortages of essential medical items such as sterile compresses and sterile gloves”.