These young deaths are “the latest in the war against children and childhood in Gaza,” said Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN Palestine Refugee Agency UNRWA, in a tweet on Wednesday.
The tax also includes approx. 40.00 boys and girls reported killed or wounded due to bombardment and air strikes, at least 17,000 unaccompanied and separated children, and a million deeply traumatized young people who do not get an education.
“Children are children,” he said.
“No one should be silent when children die or are brutally deprived of a future, no matter where these children areIncluding in Gaza. “
A dark reunion
Thousands of sick children in Gaza need urgent medical evacuation, according to the UN Help Coordination Office OCHA.
Olga Cherevko, a spokesman for the agency, remembered the moment she recognized a young girl who required treatment at a Gaza hospital after a year’s interval that again suffered from malnutrition.
“I remembered her long eyelashes,” the veteran told humanitarian UN newsThere described seven -year -old Janah, whom she encountered Gaza City’s patient -friendly hospital on Tuesday.
“The first time I met her was at IMC Field Hospital in southern Gaza in April 2024. Back then, she was severely malnourished and received treatment. And she gradually got better and eventually released and went home.”
Seven year old Janah is treated at Gaza City’s patient -friendly hospital.
Evacuation saves lives
However, Janah was now back in the hospital “Because malnutrition was worsened and The condition that she has not diagnosed either, and cannot be diagnosed correctly. ”
The girl is on a list of people to be evacuated for treatment outside Gaza. The latest evacuations took place last week when the World Health Organization (WHO) supported the transfer of 15 critically ill children to Jordan, but more than 14,800 people are still waiting.
Ms. Cherevko emphasized the importance of ensuring that evacuations continue to save as many lives as possible.
More help needed
She also pointed out that their situation for children and adults with already existing conditions is getting worse with malnutrition.
“It wouldn’t be like that if they had proper nutrition because these conditions existed before the hunger crisis, and they didn’t get as sick as they are now,” she said.
“This is why it is imperative to ensure that we have correct conditions on the ground for sufficient quantities of supplies to come in – everything from food to medicine to nutrition to shelter,” she continued.
“And these lifelines must really be activated in order for us to provide this help to those in need.”
Dy of hunger
Her appeal comes when the Gaza health authorities reported on Wednesday that eight people, including three children, died due to malnutrition and hunger over the last 24 hours.
“Such reports have become a daily event that reflects the elaborate humanitarian crisis and the urgent need for sustained assistance,” Ocha said in his latest update.
There was also an update training at Rantissi Children’s Hospital in Gaza City on Wednesday with a focus on outpatient management of malnutrition.
Rantissi is one of the five nutritional stabilization centers in the enclave, and the course aimed to help employees remain current with new information.
OCHA noted that “the recent increase in malnutrition cases among children has demanded the establishment and upscaling of these centers.”
Since January, more than 340 children have been admitted to malnutrition treatment. Per. On August 5, 49 validated childhood deaths have been reported from malnutrition with 39 among children under five years.
Trauma and mental health issues
In other developments indicated data collected by UN and partners from over 900 households across Gaza in July continuously trauma leading to mental health problems, including anxiety and depression.
Nursing staff are also traumatized and partners working in the protection sector have begun to provide mental health and psychosocial support to their staff.
Meanwhile, the UN continues to bring help into the Gaza Strip.
Teams collected food and fuel from Kerem Shalom and Zikim border crossings on Tuesday, and other missions are still underway.
Items come in but cash is low
UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said the entry of the part has improved the market situation in terms of both prices and accessibility.
For example, average a bag of sugar now 40 seconds, approx. $ 12, per Bag, after topping at approx. 600 shekels, equivalent to about $ 175.
“However, serious cash deficiency is preventing families from being able to buy food, being able to buy water and be able to buy medicine,” he told journalists in New York.
Humanitaries have repeatedly emphasized that the amount of help and goods that can be brought into GAZA does not meet the minimum requirements of the population.
They continue to demand a ceasefire and to help currents must be scaled up.
