UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the “accelerating breakdown of humanitarian conditions” in Gaza after more than 21 months of Israel’s war with Hamas, Reuters reports.

“The last lifelines keeping people alive are collapsing,” his spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.

The United Nations chief “deplores the growing reports of children and adults suffering from malnutrition.”

“The Secretary-General notes that the intensification of hostilities in recent days comes as the humanitarian system is being impeded, undermined and endangered,” Dujarric said.

“A new evacuation order in parts of Deir el-Balah — home to tens of thousands — pushes people into more desperate conditions and further displacement and restricts the United Nations’ ability to deliver life-saving aid. “