March 23, 2024
“A war against children” is
unfolding in the Gaza Strip, as hostilities have already claimed the lives of
more than 10,000 minors, UNICEF spokesman James Elder said in an interview with
the Anadolu news agency on Saturday.
“UNICEF called this ‘a war against
children.’ Normally, in all wars, children are the most vulnerable. Around 20%
of casualties are children in wars, but in Gaza, it is close to 40%,” Elder
said, adding that more than 10,000 children have been killed, and this number
continues to increase.
“We do not know how many are under
the rubble. This is absolutely devastating for children. Many children are
hungry, and a famine is imminent,” the UNICEF spokesman said.
There is a dire situation with
medical supplies to the injured.
“More than 20 out of Gaza’s 36
hospitals are simply not functioning,” he added.
Elder said a ceasefire is the only
way to help the children. He emphasized that the Gaza Strip “is not a place for
children right now, but there are more than a million children” there.
Gaza Genocide
Currently on trial before the
International Court of Justice for genocide against Palestinians, Israel has
been waging a devastating war on Gaza since October 7.
According to Gaza’s Ministry of
Health, 32,142 Palestinians have been killed, and 74,412 wounded in Israel’s
ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
Moreover, at least 7,000 people are
unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the
Strip.
Palestinian and international
organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and
children.
The Israeli aggression has also
resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all
over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the
densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt – in what has
become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.
Israel says that 1,200 soldiers and
civilians were killed during the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation on October 7. Israeli
media published reports suggesting that many Israelis were killed on that day
by ‘friendly fire.’
The Gaza Genocide:
|
32,142 |
74,412 |
7,000 |
|
Killed |
Wounded |
Missing |
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