UNICEF: Children pay the highest cost of the war in Gaza
| Emphasizing that children are paying the greatest cost of the war in Gaza, UNICEF announced that the lack of aid reaching northern Gaza has worsened the health situation of children in this area. |
report Mehr News, the regional spokesperson of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) emphasized in an interview with Al Jazeera news channel that the children of Gaza have paid the most for this war.
James Elder noted in this interview that the lack of humanitarian aid reaching northern Gaza has worsened the health conditions of children in this area.
He said: We need urgent international action and the events that are happening in Gaza are a test of human conscience.
According to this UN official, the aid that enters the Gaza Strip is very small compared to the needs of the people of this region.
The regional director of the FAO also announced that 80% of the residents of Gaza are among the people who Hunger is in a catastrophic situation.
This report adds that 25 percent of the residents of Gaza in the northern and central areas are in dire straits due to the lack of food sources. They are suffering and their food security is very low.
The United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF has announced that out of every 6 children under the age of 2 living in the North Gaza has a severe malnutrition.
Catherine Russell, the executive director of UNICEF, expressed concern about the continuation of the war in Gaza by announcing this. The World Food Organization has also warned about the hunger crisis in the Gaza Strip and announced that the region has received only a small amount of aid in recent weeks. The World Food Program emphasized that about 300,000 people live in this region with very little food. or clean water, they spend their lives.
