The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported that what happened today makes the Gaza Strip “the most dangerous place in the world to be a boy or a girl,” as the Israeli army’s offensive against the Palestinian enclave continues. more than 19,600 deaths.
UNICEF spokesperson Tiago Velho said in statements at the organization’s headquarters in Geneva that the “brutal reality” facing civilians in the region is “consolidating” as the conflict progresses.
Elder, who stressed that Al-Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis was bombed twice in the past 48 hours, lamented that this center “not only houses a large number of boys and girls who have already been killed in attacks on their homes and injured hit, but also that Al Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis has been bombed twice in the last 48 hours.” also against hundreds of women and children who sought safety.”
Where should children and their families go? They are not safe in hospitals. They are not safe in emergency shelters. And of course they are not safe in the so-called ‘safe zones’.
He said before explaining that these areas have no security guarantees because they were “unilaterally” established by Israeli forces.
In this sense, he emphasized that the UN had already made this comment about a month ago:
These zones cannot be safe or humane if they are declared unilaterally. According to international humanitarian law, the place where people are evacuated must have sufficient resources for survival: medical supplies, food and water.
He also made it clear that these areas would only be safe “if they are free from shelling and if these conditions are met.”
Under the current siege conditions it is not possible to adequately supply these areas. I have seen this reality myself.
Elder explained that these areas were “small areas of barren land, street corners or half-built buildings, without water, without services and without protection from cold and rain.” And without sanitary facilities something of vital importance.’
Diseases and lack of sanitation
UN data shows that there is currently an average of one toilet for every 700 children and families in Gaza.
Without water, sanitation or shelter, these areas are hotspots for disease.
“There are more than 100,000 cases of diarrhea in boys and girls.” The number of acute respiratory diseases in adults is more than 150 thousand. Both figures will be well below the sad reality. “As malnutrition among children in Gaza increases, diarrheal diseases are becoming deadly,” he said.
Elder further noted that “in this scenario, without the water, food and sanitation that only a humanitarian ceasefire can provide, the number of child deaths from disease could exceed the number of bomb victims,” something of which ‘the parents are painfully aware. ”
(With information from Europa Press)
Source: La Neta Neta
Karen Clayton is a seasoned journalist and author at The Nation Update, with a focus on world news and current events. She has a background in international relations, which gives her a deep understanding of the political, economic and social factors that shape the global landscape. She writes about a wide range of topics, including conflicts, political upheavals, and economic trends, as well as humanitarian crisis and human rights issues.
