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Violence, hunger and displacement are pushing families to the brink. Support will cover food aid, safe drinking water, healthcare, emergency shelter, and specialized services for the most vulnerable.

Years of human development gains across the region are under pressure as the impacts of the recent escalation ripple through economies and households, despite a temporary ceasefire.

IOM warns that the scale and complexity of population movements, combined with environmental shocks and operational constraints, are placing significant pressure on humanitarian systems.

While the ceasefire has formally held, Israeli strikes have continued to kill and injure civilians, destroy homes, and erode any sense of safety, says NRC's Jan Egeland.

The capital Dhaka, Cox’s Bazar - home to the world’s largest refugee camp - and other dense urban slum areas are seeing particularly high caseloads, with infants under-nine months most affected.

Analysis of figures from Sudan’s Ministry of Health shows that about 5.6 million babies were born between April 2023 and April 2026. Many of these children were born to displaced mothers.

Save the Children reveals more than 1.6 million people have returned to front-line areas. Three-quarters (74%) of 172 parents and caregivers interviewed said they missed their home and community.

Estimates suggest that, of the more than one million people internally displaced due to the crisis, about 350,000 are children. Of these, over 45,000 children are living in collective shelters.