In recent days, scenes of desperation have emerged from Gaza, with reports of people collapsing on the streets from extreme hunger. Palestinian activists have documented several such incidents, highlighting the deepening food crisis.

A six-week-old infant was among 15 people who have died of starvation in Gaza in the past 24 hours, local health officials said, with malnutrition now killing Palestinians faster than at any point in the 21-month war.

A six-week-old infant and three other children have died of starvation in Gaza in the past 24 hours, local health officials said, with malnutrition and starvation now killing Palestinians faster than at any point in the 21-month war.

Twenty-eight countries, including the United Kingdom, Japan and a host of European nations, issued on Monday a joint statement saying the war in the Gaza Strip “must end now” — the latest sign of allies’ sharpening language as Israel’s isolation deepens.

They condemned “the drip feeding of aid and the inhumane killing of civilians, including children, seeking to meet their most basic needs of water and food."