The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) is calling for “humanitarian pauses” to provide children in Gaza with a second dose of polio vaccines. Around 560,000 Palestinian children under 10 received the first dose as part of a polio vaccination campaign from September 1 to 12. According to World Health Organization Director-General Tedro...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 16,480 Palestinian children have been killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip since October last year, local authorities said on Monday. Ismail Thawabteh, who heads Gaza’s government media office, told Anadolu 35 Palestinian children have died from malnutrition and dehydration amid a tight Israeli block...
Geneva, Switzerland – AFP Ten children per day are losing one or both of their legs in Israel attacks in Gaza, the head of the UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees said Tuesday. “Basically we have every day 10 children who are losing one leg or two legs on average,” UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini told reporters […...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Tears in his eyes, Mohammed al-Sabbagh shouts into a mobile phone, imploring his niece on the other end to “be strong” as she languishes under rubble in Gaza. The call was made near the start of a three-day ordeal for the girl, 15-year-old Hala Hazem Hamada, who was finally rescued [&helli...
GENEVA – AFP UNICEF spokesperson James Elder, who spent nearly two weeks in Gaza, said at a press briefing in Geneva that he was “furious that those with power shrug at the humanitarian nightmares unleashed on a million children” in Gaza. He spoke of the fate of children hospitalised after having undergone amputations and who...
GENEVA (AA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said Israel is killing about 160 children every day on average in Gaza. “An average of about 160 children are killed every day based on the figures of the (Palestinian) Ministry of Health,” WHO official Christian Lindmeier told a UN briefing in Geneva. Lindmeier rei...
ANKARA (AA) – Palestinian children and families in the Gaza Strip have practically run out of water, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said late Monday. “They are now forced to use dirty water from wells, increasing risks of waterborne diseases,” UNICEF said in a statement. “We need an immediate humanitarian pause to ensure unhindered and [&hell...
