UNICEF says more than 50 children have been killed in Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp in the past 48 hours, with the Save the Children charity saying the high number shows “the intensity of this conflict and this war on children.”
More than 16,700 children have been killed in Israel’s assault on Gaza since October last year, according to Palestinian officials, more than a third of the overall death toll of 43,341 confirmed by health authorities. \
Speaking from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, Cummings said that the number of casualties among children does not account for the approximately 20,000 who are missing or have become unaccompanied in this war.
Israel has killed more than 1,000 people during its month-long violent siege of Gaza’s north, during which it has blocked the entry of food and medical aid and crippled health facilities.
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