UN (AP) – War in Gaza has been devastating for children: More than 13,000 have been killed. According to UN agencies, an estimated 25,000 are injured, and at least 25,000 are hospitalized due to malnutrition.
As Britain’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations, James Kariuki, recently told the Security Council, “Gaza has become the deadliest place in the world for children.”
“The children of Gaza did not choose this war,” he said, “yet they have paid the ultimate price.”
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported on Thursday that 40,717 Palestinian bodies have been identified in Gaza so far, of which a third – 13,319 – were children. The office said on Friday that the figures came from Gaza’s Ministry of Health.
The United Nations children’s agency, UNICEF, said its analysis, based on information gathered in collaboration with Gaza’s health ministry, estimated 25,000 children were injured.
About 19,000 children were hospitalized with severe malnutrition in the four months to December, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said.
The figures were also released by UNICEF, which says it is from data collected by UN staff in Gaza working with all relevant UN agencies focusing on nutrition. does
The United Nations says thousands of children have been orphaned or separated from their parents during the 15-month war.
Yasmin Sharif, Executive Director of UN Global Fund Education Keynote, said in a press conference 650,000 school-age children are not attending classes. And because of the massive destruction in Gaza, the entire education system has to be rebuilt.
Diplomats from Britain, France and other countries also cited the number of Israeli children who were killed, injured and kidnapped during the October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas on southern Israel – some of whom are still held hostage.
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, asked the Security Council whether it had ever stopped to consider the plight of the 30 Israeli children who were kidnapped on October 7 and the thousands of displaced people whose homes were destroyed. Did you pause? .
“The trauma they have endured is beyond imagination,” he said.
Denon called Thursday’s council meeting on children in Gaza an “insult to common sense” and blasted Hamas for turning Gaza into “the world’s biggest terror base” and using children as human shields. Accused of
He said that the future of the children of Gaza could have been full of opportunities. “Instead, they are trapped in a cycle of violence and despair, all because of Hamas, not because of Israel.”
