NEW YORK, (PIC)
UNICEF Deputy Executive Director Ted Chaiban made a three-day visit to the Gaza Strip in coordination with local and international organizations.
“I have just finished a three-day visit to the Gaza Strip, where I have been able to coordinate with local and international organizations about the emergency response and take stock of humanitarian operations since the last time I was in the Gaza Strip two months ago. But more than that, I was able to meet with children and their families suffering some of the most horrific conditions I have ever seen,” he said.
“Since my last visit, the situation has gone from catastrophic to near collapse,” he added.
UNICEF has earlier described the Gaza Strip as the most dangerous place in the world to be a child.
“We have said this is a war on children. But these truths do not seem to be getting through,” the UN official concluded.
Of the nearly 25,000 people reported to have been killed during the Israeli aggression on Gaza, up to 70 percent are reported to be women and children.
