GENEVA (AA) – Nearly 20,000 babies have been born during the current war in Gaza, while 135,000 children under age 2 are at “severe risk” of malnutrition, UNICEF has said. Noting that the number equals one baby born about every 10 minutes since October 7, Tess Ingram, a UNICEF spokesperson, told a press briefing in […]
ATHENS (AA) – Three major UN agencies involved in relief works in Gaza have called for faster and safer aid access to the besieged enclave via more supply routes. In a joint statement, UNICEF, the World Food Program (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) said: “As the risk of famine grows, and more people […]
GENEVA (AA) – A hospital in the southern Gaza Strip was targeted twice by Israeli forces in the last 48 hours, UNICEF announced on Tuesday. “Over the past 48 hours, the largest remaining fully functional hospital in Gaza has been shelled twice. That hospital is Al Nasser,” spokesman James Elder said in a UN press […]
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP The UN children’s agency, UNICEF, has said nearly one million children have been displaced in Gaza because of Israeli attacks. “They are now being pushed further and further south into tiny, overcrowded areas without water, food or protection,” said Adele Khodr of UNICEF. “The restrictio...
GENEVA (AA) – UNICEF has warned that the so-called “safe zones” declared by Israel in Gaza pose risks to be “zones of disease.” “Without water, without sanitation, without shelter, the so-called ‘safe zones’ risk becoming zones of disease,” UNICEF spokesperson James Elder said in a UN press brief...
LONDON (AA) – The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has expressed deep concern over the situation in the southern region of Gaza, with its spokesperson saying that the Israeli attacks are every bit as vicious as those endured in the north. “Despite what has been assured, attacks in the south of Gaza ar...
Khan Yunis, Palestinian Territories – AFP In the rubble of a house destroyed by bombs in the southern Gazan city of Rafah, a man screamed: “Where are my children?” Similar scenes played out across the devastated Gaza Strip on Friday, as residents fled their homes and rushed their dead and wounded to hospitals after Israel [&h...
Geneva, Switzerland – AFP Fuel shortages, a lack of water and worsening sanitation in Gaza, along with attacks on health care and mass displacement, are creating “a perfect storm for tragedy”, the UN warned Tuesday. Here are some key numbers highlighted by the United Nations: – Impact on children – Israel’s ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The UNICEF head has called the situation in the Gaza Strip “devastating” amid a deadly Israeli offensive in the besieged Palestinian territory. “Today I visited the Gaza Strip to meet with children, their families and UNICEF staff. What I saw and heard was devastating. They have endured repeated bombardment, loss [&...
GENEVA (AA) – The United Nations Children’s Fund or UNICEF has raised alarm over the rising number of child deaths in the Gaza Strip since October 7. “Gaza has become a graveyard of children,” UNICEF spokesperson James Elder told a UN press briefing in Geneva. Elder reiterated UNICEF’s call for an immediate cease-fire a...
