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UNICEF says Gaza’s children facing catastrophic crisis as aid flow remains insufficient
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UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell told the UN Security Council that more than 17,000 children have been killed in Gaza, thousands are acutely malnourished and tens of thousands require medical evacuation, while permitted humanitarian convoys remain far below needs.
Catherine Russell, executive director of UNICEF, told the United Nations Security Council that Gaza’s children are suffering catastrophic harm and that current humanitarian access is far short of what is needed to prevent further deaths.
"Children have been killed, traumatized, and taken hostage," Russell said, adding, "And, make no mistake, we have failed them." She told the council that over the past 21 months of war more than 17,000 children in Gaza have reportedly been killed and about 33,000 injured, an average of 28 children killed each day.
Russell said children in Gaza are experiencing severe food insecurity and malnutrition, a collapse of water and sanitation services and shortages of medical care. Of more than 113,000 children screened for malnutrition in June, she said nearly 6,000 were found to be acutely malnourished, a 180% increase since February. She said 95% of households do not have access to…
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