UN: The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that child deaths in Gaza will “rapidly rise” unless humanitarian aid is increased immediately, increasing pressure on the Israeli government to end barriers to aid for desperate Palestinians in the besieged lands. enclave.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, over 30,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have been killed in Gaza during the conflict, including more than 100 civilians who were shot by the Israeli army while seeking help on Thursday. Khodr said in a statement that the numerous reported child deaths in Gaza were “man-made, predictable and entirely preventable”.
Many are clinging to life.” The Biden administration appears to have increased pressure on the Israeli government for humanitarian aid in recent days, launching an airdrop campaign in Gaza to deliver aid and stepping up statements critical of the Israeli government. Earlier on Sunday, Vice President Kamala Harris urged the Israeli government to step up aid during the “humanitarian disaster”, saying there were “no excuses”. Ms. Khodr said the situation is most dire in northern Gaza, where fighting lasts longest and aid is least available. She said that in the January study, about 16 percent of children showed signs of malnutrition.
“The situation has only worsened and as a result we warned last week that unless the growing nutrition crisis is addressed there is an explosion in child deaths.” “Now the child deaths we feared are here and likely to rise rapidly if the war does not end and obstacles to humanitarian aid are not immediately addressed,” she added. President Joe Biden has backed a six-week truce in the war to allow critical aid to flow into Gaza. The Israeli government agreed to the framework of a proposed ceasefire on Saturday, a sign of progress in strained negotiations. Ms. Harris will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benny Gantz at the White House on Monday to discuss a cease-fire agreement and humanitarian aid, The New York Times reported.
