“Palestinian Child” Day; The international community’s support against the pain of Gaza children
| On the occasion of "Palestinian Children's Day", statistical and human rights organizations and centers published shocking information about the suffering of Palestinian children, especially in the Gaza Strip after the brutal aggression of the occupying enemy, which shows that 4 children are martyred in Gaza every hour. |
According to the international group Tasnim news agency, April 5 every year coincides with the “Palestinian Child Day” This day was celebrated in the world this year in the shadow of the Zionist regime’s genocidal war against Gaza; A war that many consider Israel’s war with the children of Gaza.
The occupiers kill 4 children every hour in Gaza
On this occasion, the official institutions and Palestinian and international civil society published shocking reports about the situation of Palestinian children and violations of their most basic rights, especially since the beginning of the aggression against Gaza on October 7, 2023, which prompted human rights organizations to call for a campaign to end the violence against children. According to the report of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics published on Thursday, the occupying regime has massacred more than 14,350 children, including 44% of the total martyrs of Gaza. Also, more than 70% of the victims of this destructive war of the occupying regime against Gaza are women and children. In general, about 4 Palestinian children are martyred in Gaza every hour. In October, 455 people were martyred in the West Bank, 117 of whom were children, and 710 children were among the 1,620 people whose houses were destroyed and displaced by the enemy army in the West Bank.
Regarding In 2023, 1,085 children were arrested in the West Bank, and 500 of these arrests were related to the start of the war against Gaza. 318 children were arrested in occupied Jerusalem and 204 of these children are still in custody. This statistic shows that about 43 thousand 349 children live in Gaza without their parents or one of them. At least 28 children have died in hospitals due to malnutrition and thirst, and the severity of hunger among children in northern Gaza and Rafah is still increasing.
Psychological damage More than 816,000 children in Gaza
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics continued its report, emphasizing that more than 816,000 children in Gaza are in need of psychological help since the beginning of the Zionist regime’s aggression in this area. And the deep effects of fear, anxiety and depression as a result of the brutal war launched by the enemy against Gaza can be clearly seen in the minds and psyche of these children.
At the educational level, statistics show that 620 thousand female students and the boy are deprived of education in Gaza. The number of students whose names are officially included in the list of martyrs is 6,500 and the number of injured students is 10,219. 105 students have been arrested by the invaders, all of them from the West Bank. Another starving in Gaza the shadow of hunger and disease Children due to hunger
In this regard, the global movement for the defense of children It called for April 5 to be declared as an international day of solidarity with Palestinian children who are experiencing unprecedented violence.
In a statement, the movement announced a campaign with the participation of other relevant organizations and movements to shed light on the atrocities. The occupation regime of Israel has launched a campaign against children under the title “We declare the day of the Palestinian child as the international day of solidarity with the children of Palestine”. Basic rights, such as the right to life, survival, development and other rights related to health, education, water, food, medicine, sanitation and health are affected. In addition, children in the West Bank are subject to arrest, trial and imprisonment based on Israel’s military court system, which deprives them of their basic rights.
Israel calmly commits all kinds of crimes. It will be horrible
The movement called for an immediate stop to Israel’s aggression in the Gaza Strip to save the lives of civilians, especially children, and emphasized that Israel commits all kinds of horrible crimes with complete composure. What we can do at this point is to reach out to our network of relationships around the world, including civil society organizations, human rights organizations, and children’s rights organizations, to expose the Israeli genocidal crime in Gaza to the world.
On the other hand, “James Elder”, the spokesperson of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), announced that the children of Gaza are exposed to war, terror and hunger every day; While the world just sits and watches. Gaza is no longer a suitable place for more than one million children to live there.
In the situation that the children of Gaza are the biggest victims of the barbaric crimes of the occupying regime and the hunger war of this regime against Gaza, “Filipe Lazzarini” Commissioner General The UNRWA agency considered the current war of the Zionist regime in Gaza as a war against children and said that the number of children who died in Gaza in just 4 months is more than all the children who died in all the conflicts of the world during 4 years.
In an article quoted by a doctor who has been in Gaza for some time, the English newspaper Independent announced that the biggest cause of death for children in Gaza was bombing and a large number of them died due to diseases caused by the war and hunger. Children , pregnant and lactating mothers and people with disabilities are more at risk of malnutrition, because Israel continues to prevent the entry of sufficient amounts of food and water into Gaza, in addition to the systematic bombing of bakeries and agricultural products, and 95% of Gaza residents They suffer from food insecurity.
| © | Webangah News Hub has translated this news from the source of Tasnim News Agency |
