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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.

Families are skipping meals, cutting portions and eating leaves and animal feed, not normally considered edible, as conflict, displacement and market disruptions drive hunger to extreme levels.

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.

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.

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.

Nearly two-thirds of families in provinces impacted by severe drought have reported increased child labour, with only about one in five children attending school, according to Save the Children.

Although large-scale armed clashes did not occur, the prolonged tension and fear of imminent fighting between the Somali government and South-west state authorities triggered pre-emptive displacement.

After recent stability in Uvira and the border reopening, some refugees expressed a wish to go home. Returns were also accelerated by the severe underfunding in Burundi, which has reduced assistance.