UNICEF: Israel’s war against Gaza is a war against children.
90% of children do not have access to sufficient and safe water.
“James Elder”, the spokesperson of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), announced in a speech that the indifference of those in power towards the events in Gaza has led to a humanitarian disaster in this region, in which one million children are suffering.
In an interview with al-Mayadeen, Elder discussed the catastrophic deterioration of the situation of children in the Gaza Strip and stated that Gaza is the most dangerous place for children on the planet. The massacre of this number of children in Israel’s aggression against Gaza shows how these children are targeted in a discriminatory way (compared to other children in the world).
He warned that the continuation of the war and not paying attention to the requests for a ceasefire means the death of many children; Of course, not only as a result of the bombing but also because of contracting various diseases as a result of these attacks and also because of the negligence and carelessness of the relevant parties.
Israel’s war against Gaza is a war against children
This UN official emphasized that the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that 19,000 people have been massacred in the Gaza Strip in Israeli attacks, a large number of them, 40%, are children, and for this reason, we call Israel’s war against Gaza a war against children. .
During a press conference at the United Nations, UNICEF’s spokesperson also expressed and emphasized his anger at the indifference of those in power to the human tragedies in Gaza and the plight of children. I am very angry; Because in the shadow of this situation and neglecting the children of Gaza, more children will be injured and will lose their arms and legs in the attacks in the coming days.
Referring to the large number of children in Gaza whose body parts have been cut off as a result of bombings and barbaric attacks by the Zionist regime, he said that it is very unfortunate that thousands of children who are massacred in Gaza every day have become mere numbers and statistics. I am so angry that we see this amount of hypocrisy and hypocrisy in dealing with human tragedies and I am so angry at myself that I can’t do anything.
On the other hand, “Margaret Harris”, the spokesperson of the World Health Organization, also presented a sad scene of the human situation in the Gaza Strip and announced that the people of Gaza do not know at any moment whether they are going to live or die.
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Center announced in a report that according to published statistics, since the beginning of the Gaza war, the number of children who have been victims of the Zionist crimes in the Gaza Strip in various forms, i.e. they have been martyred or injured and displaced, is 700,000 alone. it is estimated.
According to this report, 10,000 children and infants were martyred as a result of the barbaric attacks of the occupying regime in the Gaza Strip, and hundreds of children have been under the rubble for weeks and it is not possible to save them. Also, the number of Palestinian children injured in this war is about 18 thousand, and hundreds of them are in critical condition. Dozens of children have also suffered amputations and severe burns.
Prevalence of dangerous gastrointestinal diseases among children in Gaza
Human rights organizations reported that in addition to the bombings, children in Gaza are at risk of dying from hunger and thirst, especially since Palestinian families often do not have more than one meager meal and are forced to consume unhealthy food.