Philippe Lazzarini says extra youngsters had been killed in 4 months of warfare in Gaza than in 4 years of wars international.
The head of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) stated on Tuesday that extra youngsters had been killed in 4 months of warfare in Gaza than in 4 years of wars international.
In a submit on X, previously referred to as Twitter, Philippe Lazzarini described the continued offensive within the Palestinian enclave as a warfare in opposition to youngsters.
“This war is a war on children. It is a war on their childhood and their future,” he said.
Lazzarini described as “staggering” the most recent figures appearing that greater than 12,300 youngsters had died in Gaza between October 2023 and February 2024, in comparison to 12,193 youngsters killed in world conflicts from 2019 to 2023.
Amid horrific scenes of young children and kids struggling horrible accidents and trauma because of the combating, Lazzarini known as for a right away ceasefire for his or her sake.
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) estimates that a minimum of 17,000 youngsters in Gaza are “now unaccompanied or separated from their families”, and plenty of have skilled life-changing accidents.
And the World Health Organization, like many different support companies operating within the space, say youngsters are experiencing “severe levels of malnutrition” and a few are loss of life of hunger.
A senior UN support respectable stated not too long ago that one in six youngsters underneath the age of 2 within the north of the enclave had been affected by acute malnutrition.
While support is extra common within the south of Gaza, in particular prone youngsters are loss of life of starvation there too.
Agencies warn that malnutrition weakens immune programs, infrequently resulting in dying from different illnesses.
