YEMEN Press Agency

UNICEF: “Israel” is killing an average of 27 children per day in Gaza

GAZA, July 12 (YPA) -Kazem Abu Khalaf, spokesperson for UNICEF in Palestine, reported that “Israel” has been killing an average of 27 children per day in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the war in October 2023.

 Khadem Khalaf told Al Jazeera satellite channel that nothing justifies Israel’s excessive killing of civilians in Gaza.

Khalaf added that over 5,000 children had been diagnosed with malnutrition in the Gaza Strip in last May alone

Since “Israel” launched its full-scale assault on Gaza in October 2023, over 18,000 Palestinian children have been killed, according to updated figures from UNICEF, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), and Gaza’s Government Media Office (GMO).

Last month, GMO reported that 66 children had died from malnutrition as a result of the blockade imposed by Israeli occupation forces on the Gaza Strip, which restricted the entry of life-saving supplies, including baby  formula .

 

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