Gaza is a veritable “hell on earth” for the one million children who live there, with nearly 40 dying every day for a year, Unicef claims.
More than a year after the start of the war in the Gaza Strip, “children continue to suffer indescribably every day,” the spokesman for the United Nations Children’s Fund, James Elder, said at a press conference in Geneva. “Gaza is the real embodiment of hell on earth for its one million children. The situation is worsening day by day as we witness the horrific effects of airstrikes and military operations,” he noted.
“If this level of horror doesn’t awaken our humanity and spur us to action, then what will?” he wondered.
After the deadly October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the war, “conservative” estimates say more than 14,100 children have been killed in Gaza. This means that “about 35 to 40 girls and boys are killed every day in Gaza after October 7,” Elder added, stressing that many victims remain buried under the rubble.
As for the survivors, they have nowhere to go to be safe. “Where could the children and their families go? They are not safe in schools and shelters. They are not safe in hospitals. And they’re certainly not safe in overcrowded camps,” Elder said.
The representative described what life is like for a child in Gaza, giving the example of a 7-year-old girl, Qamar, who was hit in the leg during an attack on the Jabalia camp. The only hospital where she could be transferred, a maternity clinic, was under siege for 20 days. As she was unable to move and the hospital did not have the means to treat the infection in her leg, doctors amputated it. Qamar, her mother and sister, who was also injured, were then forced to flee south on foot.
“Today they live in a torn-up tent, with stagnant water all around.”
Last October Unicef reported that Gaza had turned into a “graveyard for thousands of children”. Two months later, he described the enclave as “the most dangerous area in the world for children”.
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