PNN – Referring to the dire situation of children in Gaza, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced that due to the severe lack of water and healthy food due to the continued aggression of Israel against Gaza, more than 1.1 million children are exposed to acute malnutrition and various diseases.
According to the International group of Pakistan News Network, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), referring to the disastrous situation of the people of Gaza in the shadow of the continued aggression of the occupying regime, announced that continued attacks on Gaza exacerbate malnutrition and acute illnesses among more than 1.1 million children, creating a deadly cycle.
“Catherine Russell”, the executive director of UNICEF, said in this context, the children of Gaza are caught in a nightmare that is getting worse every day. Children and their families in the Gaza Strip continue to be massacred and injured as a result of the war, and their lives are increasingly at risk due to chronic diseases as well as severe food and water shortages.
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This official of the organization emphasized the necessity of protecting all children and civilians from violence.
UNICEF also announced in a report that due to the severe lack of water and healthy food, the number of cases of digestive diseases among children has increased significantly; So that the cases of diarrhea among children under the age of five increased from 48,000 to 71,000 in one week, and since December 17, 3,200 children have contracted this disease every day.
UNICEF has also warned of the threat of food security in Gaza, stating that many children are not receiving their basic nutritional needs. According to a survey on December 26, about 90 percent of children under 2 years of age or younger cannot get the food they need.
In this survey, most families stated that their children only receive grains, including bread or milk, and that there is severe food poverty in Gaza. Also, pregnant women cannot access enough food and have to consume only 2 types of food, bread or milk.
UNICEF announced that 2023 was the bloodiest year for Palestinian children and that violence against Palestinian children reached unprecedented levels. 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). It is very unfortunate that the thousands of children who are massacred every day in Gaza have become mere numbers and statistics. We call Israel’s war against Gaza a war against children.