As the Israeli offensive in Gaza resumes, we look at the impact
the military campaign has had on the children of Gaza. More than 467
Palestinian children have died since July. That is more than the
combined number of child fatalities in the two previous conflicts in
Gaza. According to the World Health Organization, more than 3,000
children have been injured, of which an estimated 1,000 will suffer from
a lifelong disability. The United Nations estimates at least 373,000
children require direct and specialized psychosocial support. And, based
on the total number of adults killed, there may be up to 1,500 children
orphaned. Gazan children’s right to an education has also been severely
compromised with at least 25 schools reportedly damaged so severely
that they can no longer be used. We speak to Pernille Ironside, chief of
UNICEF’s Gaza field office.
"There isn’t a single family in Gaza who hasn’t experienced
personally death, injury, the loss of their home, extensive damage,
displacement," Ironside says. "The psychological toll that has on a
people, it just cannot be overestimated, and especially on children."
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