Children of Gaza: In light of the hell of war and the horrors of displacement and deprivation, thousands have lost their families and a million are in need of psychological and social support.
“Children in Gaza are stuck in a nightmare that gets worse with each passing day,”
In addition to the threat of famine, the spread of diseases, a shortage of daily life necessities, and the ongoing Israeli bombing of Gaza.
Thousands of children have suffered from the risk of hunger and the rapid spread of infectious diseases and bacterial infections due to the lack of health care and safe drinking water and the associated consumption of contaminated water, as well as food insecurity.
This is happening in light of the cessation of operation of 24 out of 35 hospitals and dozens of primary care centers in the Gaza Strip due to the Israeli attacks and the depletion of the fuel needed to operate the generators, which has severe impacts on the health of children and the cessation of scheduled vaccination services for them.
Estimates show that more than 1.5 million people in Gaza have become internally displaced, residing with their children in centers not designated or suitable for shelter amid massive overcrowding.
We call on all parties in the international community to take urgent and immediate action to stop Israel turning the Gaza Strip into an actual cemetery for children, provide protection for them, and end the state of double standards and genocide.
We stress that Israel must be held accountable for its clear violations of international humanitarian law in killing and targeting Palestinian children and ignoring their special needs for medical assistance, food, shelter and clothing recognized in the Geneva Conventions and their 1977 Protocols.
