UNICEF has described the situation across the Gaza Strip as “catastrophic for children” stressing that Monday November 20 was a sad day for them as the world marked “Children’s Day.”
According to UNICEF on Tuesday the children of Gaza do not receive the minimum sufficient amount of drinking water while many diseases have spread among them due to malnutrition and the absence of clean water.
UNICEF spokesman Toby Fricker told Al Jazeera satellite channel that there are 340000 children in Gaza under five years of age and the majority of them suffer from malnutrition.
Fricker said that the Israeli war on Gaza had displaced over 800000 children from their homes and forced them to live in in difficult conditions in overcrowded shelter centers adding that the aid entering Gaza is very little with only hospitals in southern Gaza receiving medical supplies from UNICEF.
The spokesman reiterated the need for a humanitarian truce in Gaza in order to protect and help the children.
The number of the Gazan children killed by the Israeli army since October 7 has surged to over 5600 while many others are reported missing under the rubble of buildings according to the latest official estimates in Gaza.
