Shafaq News/ The war in Gaza hasbeen devastating for children, with over 13,000 Palestinian children killed andthousands more affected in numerous ways, UN agenciesrevealed.
The UN Office for theCoordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that of the 40,717 Palestinianbodies identified so far in Gaza, one-third – 13,319 – were children, citingfigures from Gaza’s Ministry of Health.
Meanwhile, the UN children’s agency,UNICEF, estimates that 25,000 children have been injured, reflecting the heavytoll of the war on the most vulnerable.
Additionally, nearly 19,000 children werehospitalized for acute malnutrition in the four months leading to December2024, as reported by UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed.
That figure also came fromUNICEF, which said it was from data collected by UN staff in Gaza focusing onnutrition, in coordination with all pertinent UN agencies.
The UN says thousands ofchildren have also been orphaned or separated from their parents during the15-month war.
In turn, Yasmine Sherif,executive director of the UN global fund Education Cannot Wait, told a pressconference that 650,000 school-age children haven’t been attending classes andthe entire education system has to be rebuilt because of the widespreaddestruction in Gaza.
“Gaza has become the deadliest place inthe world to be a child,” said James Kariuki, Britain’s Deputy UN Ambassador,during a recent Security Council session. “The children of Gaza did not choosethis war, yet they have paid the ultimate price.”
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