News Monitor
oPt: Explosive weapons in Gaza left 15 children a day with potentially lifelong disabilities in 2024
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 childrenâs 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.
âFor the children of Gaza, the new year has brought more death and suffering from attacks, deprivation, and increasing exposure to the cold,â said UNICEF's Russell. âA ceasefire is long overdue."
The systematic dismantling of the health system and a siege for over 80 days on North Gaza puts the lives of the 75,000 Palestinians remaining in the area at risk.
The systematic dismantling of the health system and a siege for over 80 days on North Gaza puts the lives of the 75,000 Palestinians remaining in the area at risk.
In the absence of a change to Israeli policy on the entry of food and nutrition supplies to this area, FEWS NET expects non-trauma mortality levels will pass the Famine threshold between January and March 2025.
Since early October, Israelâs offensive and siege on North Gaza have displaced an additional 100,000 Palestinians, and in total 945,000 people are now in need of shelter assistance.
Children didnât start this conflict and they have no power to stop it, yet they are paying the highest price with their lives and futures, says UNICEF Chief, Catherine Russell.
Children didnât start this conflict and they have no power to stop it, yet they are paying the highest price with their lives and futures, says UNICEF Chief, Catherine Russell.
A new report out of Gaza lays bare the profound psychological impact of the ongoing war, particularly on children who are injured, disabled, separated from their families, or unaccompanied.