India, Dec. 31 -- A sixth child has died in Gaza this month as the enclave's people continue to endure dire living conditions linked to freezing rains and the Israel-Hamas war, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has announced.

The development comes as aid agencies urged Israeli authorities to reconsider revoking the licences of dozens of humanitarian partners that provide assistance across the devastated enclave from 1 January.

He is just the latest child in Gaza to succumb amid "extreme winter conditions and lack of safe shelters", said UNICEF's Edouard Beigbeder, Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa.

"Teams visiting displacement camps reported appalling conditions that no child should endure, with many tents blown away...