UNICEF: 17,000 children are separated from their families in Gaza / the heartbreaking condition of babies in hospitals

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, in the shadow of numerous warnings about the catastrophic situation of children in the strip Gaza Following the continuation of barbaric crimes by the Zionists, Catherine Russell, the executive director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), announced that the scenes in the Gaza Strip about the situation of children are terrible and we demand an end to this situation.

There is no safe place for children in Gaza

This UNICEF official added, what we have seen and heard about the conditions of children in Gaza is very heartbreaking and unbearable. These children are constantly exposed to bombardment, death, displacement, etc. and there is no safe place for them in Gaza. Horrible crimes against children, including killing them, maiming these children, attacking schools and hospitals and preventing these children from accessing humanitarian aid, are intolerable and UNICEF strongly condemns them. So far, more than 10,000 children in Gaza have lost their lives during the war, and about 9,000 children have been injured. have been; Buildings destroyed as a result of bombardment with heavy explosive weapons in densely populated areas. Meanwhile, 17 thousand children in Gaza are completely separated from their families and their families cannot be found. These children are so damaged that they can’t even say their names.

The heartbreaking situation of babies in Gaza hospitals

The executive director of UNICEF continues to the alarming situation of the babies. In the Gaza Strip, he pointed out and emphasized, recently a large number of babies who needed special and specialized care died in one of the hospitals in Gaza due to the blackout of electricity and medical aid and continued violent attacks. The situation of children in Gaza is getting worse day by day and the world cannot abandon these children.

Catherine Russell, emphasizing the need to stop these crimes against the children of Gaza immediately, calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and guaranteeing the arrival of humanitarian aid. He also mentioned his visit to Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis and meeting with displaced families and patients who were looking for shelter and said, I was with a 16-year-old girl. I talked about how he lost his entire family in the bombing and his doctor said he could no longer walk.

17 thousand children in Gaza are separated from their families

On the other hand, UNICEF announced in an official statement, research shows that 17 thousand children in Gaza have lost their families or are missing them and all of them need serious psychological care.

“Jonathan Crix”, the communication director of the UNICEF office in occupied Palestine, said in this regard, these children have symptoms of constant anxiety, anorexia, insomnia, confusion and fear, and every time they hear the sound of bombing, these states They are becoming more severe. UNICEF emphasized that before the current war, 500 thousand children in Gaza needed mental health care, but today our research shows that all children in Gaza need this care and the number of these children is more than

Also, in the shadow of the continuation of brutal attacks by the Zionist regime on the Gaza Strip and the lack of humanitarian aid, including food, medicine and medical equipment, the United Nations Children’s Fund announced that children In the Gaza Strip, which has been under constant bombardment since October 7, 2023, they cannot receive the vaccines they need, and the percentage of various diseases among them has increased significantly. These children are vulnerable to dangerous diseases such as pneumonia and polio. UNICEF previously reported that 2023 was the bloodiest year for Palestinian children and violence against Palestinian children has reached an unprecedented level. 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.

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