News Monitor

Tom Fletcher pointed to the United Nations Children’s Fund finding that one million children need mental health and psychosocial support for depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts.

IOM, in coordination with partners, has dispatched its first convoy trucks carrying shelter material, and WASH supplies from Amman into the Gaza Strip as the ceasefire enters its fifth day.

The needs in Gaza are immense. Recovery will require a full-scale humanitarian response with all agencies coming together, including UNRWA, to provide lifesaving assistance to two million people.

If implemented, the pause in hostilities between Israel and Hamas will bring vital reprieve. But the NGO warns that a definitive ceasefire is needed as children still face hunger and disease.

In 2024, at least 5,230 children sustained injuries requiring rehabilitation that is inaccessible due to continued attacks on healthcare, leaving them with a high likelihood of disability.

Each day without a ceasefire risks more children’s futures. Even after one, restoring schools and the physical and mental safety children need to be able to resume learning will be a mammoth task.

Nasser hospital, Al-Aqsa hospital and European Gaza hospital are on the verge of closure due to a lack of fuel. This situation is threatening the lives of hundreds of patients, including newborns.

“For the children of Gaza, the new year has brought more death and suffering from attacks, deprivation, and increasing exposure to the cold,” said UNICEF's Russell. ”A ceasefire is long overdue."