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The United Nations Children’s Fund said,UNICEF), 2,360 children have been killed since the beginning of the war in Gaza strip As a result of the continuous Israeli bombing, the rate of deaths and injuries among children in the Gaza Strip is estimated at more than 400 children per day, between wounded and killed.
The UN organization explained that reports indicate that 5,364 children have been injured in Gaza since the beginning of the Israeli war on the Strip, which it described as the most violent escalation since 2006.
UNICEF said in a statement issued yesterday, Tuesday, that the number of dead and wounded children in Gaza constitutes a growing stain on the collective conscience, and called for an immediate ceasefire and allowing humanitarian aid to enter the Strip without obstacles.
She also indicated that almost all of the children in the Gaza Strip, who constitute 50% of the Gaza Strip’s population, were exposed to horrific events and extremely painful shocks, as a result of the widespread destruction in Gaza, the continuous bombing and displacement, and the severe shortage of basic necessities. Such as: food, water, and medicine as a result of the stifling siege imposed on the Gaza Strip.
“The killing and maiming of children, their abduction, attacks on hospitals and schools, and the denial of humanitarian access constitute grave violations of children’s rights,” said Adele Khader, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa.
Victims in the West Bank
UNICEF reported that 28 children had been killed in the West Bank since the beginning of the Israeli response to the operation Al-Aqsa flood Launched by the Palestinian resistance on October 7, in response to the occupation’s violations against the Palestinian people and Islamic sanctities.
The organization said that there was an alarming increase in the number of victims in the West Bank, and that about 160 children were injured during the past 18 days.
The Israeli occupation army is launching continuous raids on the Gaza Strip for the nineteenth day in a row, and the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Strip has documented 47 massacres committed by the occupation forces during the past 24 hours, leaving 704 martyrs, which raises the total toll in two weeks to about 5,800 martyrs, most of them children. And women, in addition to more than 15 thousand infected people.
