"At least 67 Palestinian children have been killed in the Gaza Strip since a United States-brokered ceasefire agreement came into effect last month, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) says. Speaking during a news conference in Geneva on Friday, UNICEF spokesperson Ricardo Pires said the death toll includes a baby girl who was killed in an Israeli air strike on a home in southern Gaza's Khan Younis on Thursday."
"It also includes seven other children killed a day earlier, as Israel carried out a wave of attacks across the enclave. The pattern is staggering, Pires told reporters of the death toll since October 11, the first full day of the truce between Israel and Hamas. As we have repeated many times, these are not statistics: Each was a child with a family, a dream, a life suddenly cut short by continued violence."
"Palestinian children have borne the brunt of Israel's bombardment of Gaza, with UNICEF estimating last month that 64,000 children have been killed and injured in Israeli attacks since the war began in October 2023. Save the Children reported this week that, in 2024, an average of 475 Palestinian children suffered lifelong disabilities each month as a result of the war, including traumatic brain injuries and burns."
At least 67 Palestinian children have been killed in the Gaza Strip since a United States-brokered ceasefire began, including a baby girl killed in an Israeli air strike on a home in Khan Younis. Seven other children died a day earlier during a wave of Israeli attacks across the enclave. UNICEF described the pattern as staggering since October 11, the first full day of the truce. UNICEF estimated that 64,000 children have been killed and injured in Israeli attacks since October 2023. Save the Children reported an average of 475 Palestinian children per month sustained lifelong disabilities in 2024, and Gaza now holds the largest cohort of child amputees in modern history. Israel faces accusations of using starvation as a weapon, fueling a humanitarian crisis and hunger-related child deaths. Recent Israeli strikes followed an incident involving its troops in Khan Younis.
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