United Nations: about 600,000 children put in Gazaof Rafa Cities face ‘further disaster’ unicef A warning was issued on Monday urging them not to be forced to relocate Israel An evacuation was ordered ahead of its long-threatened ground invasion.
“Given the high concentration of children in the Rafah area…UNICEF warns that children will face further catastrophe, with military operations causing massive civilian casualties and the remaining basic services and infrastructure they need to survive being completely destroyed.” UNICEF the agency said in a statement.
The report stated that young people in Gaza are already “on the edge of survival” and many young people in Rafah have been displaced multiple times and have nowhere to go.
“Over 200 days war The toll on children’s lives is unimaginable,” said UNICEF Chief Executive Catherine Russell.
“Rafa is now a city of children, and they have nowhere to go safely in Gaza,” she said. She warned that a large-scale Israeli military operation would bring “chaos and panic at a time when (children’s) physical and mental health will be affected.” The country has been weakened. “
UNICEF estimates that Rafah’s population has grown to nearly five times the normal number of 250,000.
call again ceasefire To ensure safe passage for humanitarian organizations, the agency stressed that there are approximately 78,000 babies under the age of two in the city, as well as 175,000 children under the age of five with infectious diseases.
Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7, killing more than 1,170 people, mostly civilians, and began the bloodiest war in Gaza’s history, according to an AFP tally of official Israeli data.
Israel has vowed to eliminate Hamas and launched a retaliatory offensive that killed at least 34,735 people in Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-controlled area.
More than 14,000 of them are children, the ministry said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to send ground troops against Hamas militants in Rafah, regardless of the concerns of the United States, other countries and aid groups.
“Given the high concentration of children in the Rafah area…UNICEF warns that children will face further catastrophe, with military operations causing massive civilian casualties and the remaining basic services and infrastructure they need to survive being completely destroyed.” UNICEF the agency said in a statement.
The report stated that young people in Gaza are already “on the edge of survival” and many young people in Rafah have been displaced multiple times and have nowhere to go.
“Over 200 days war The toll on children’s lives is unimaginable,” said UNICEF Chief Executive Catherine Russell.
“Rafa is now a city of children, and they have nowhere to go safely in Gaza,” she said. She warned that a large-scale Israeli military operation would bring “chaos and panic at a time when (children’s) physical and mental health will be affected.” The country has been weakened. “
UNICEF estimates that Rafah’s population has grown to nearly five times the normal number of 250,000.
call again ceasefire To ensure safe passage for humanitarian organizations, the agency stressed that there are approximately 78,000 babies under the age of two in the city, as well as 175,000 children under the age of five with infectious diseases.
Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7, killing more than 1,170 people, mostly civilians, and began the bloodiest war in Gaza’s history, according to an AFP tally of official Israeli data.
Israel has vowed to eliminate Hamas and launched a retaliatory offensive that killed at least 34,735 people in Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-controlled area.
More than 14,000 of them are children, the ministry said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to send ground troops against Hamas militants in Rafah, regardless of the concerns of the United States, other countries and aid groups.
