New figures from the Hamas-run ministry include 12 children who have died, as the UN says Israel must allow aid into Gaza.

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-five countries have released a statement calling for the immediate end of the war in Gaza and accusing Israel of not allowing sufficient aid in.

The UN says Israel must allow aid into Gaza, as a hospital director says 900,000 children in Gaza are suffering from hunger.

All options are on the table if Israel does not deliver on its pledges to facilitate humanitarian aid in Gaza, the European Union's top diplomat said on Tuesday.

The U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, called the joint statement issued by a host of U.S. allies "disgusting."

The World Health Organization says Israel's ground offensive has compromised its efforts to continue working, after its facilities were attacked.

Israeli soldiers shot Palestinians near an Israeli-backed aid site and a U.N. convoy. Both episodes pointed to Israel’s refusal to allow new governance structures to emerge.

The head of the U.N. Palestinian Refugee Agency said on Tuesday that its staff, as well as doctors and humanitarian workers, were fainting on duty in Gaza due to hunger and exhaustion.

The UN agency says Israel's ground offensive in Deir al-Balah has compromised its efforts to continue working.