United Nations organisations said on Tuesday that child malnutrition levels in northern Gaza were “particularly extreme” and about three times higher than in the south of the Palestinian enclave where more aid has been available. Richard Peeperkorn, World Health Organization (WHO) representative for Gaza and the West Bank, said that one in six children under two years of age were acutely malnourished in northern Gaza. “This was in January. So the situation is likely to be greater today,” he added, referring to when the data was recorded. UNICEF spokesperson James Elder said malnutrition rates …