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[📹 Scenes from al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital as victims of Israel's genocide in Gaza are brought in after the latest round of bombing and shelling raids.]

🇵🇸 🚑🏥 🚨 CHILDREN IN GAZA FACE DEADLY TRIPLE THREAT, SAYS UNICEF IN PRESS RELEASE

The Palestinian children living in the Gaza Strip face a deadly triple threat of disease, starvation and occupation violence says the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in a press release on Friday.

According to the press release, children in Gaza face a "triple threat to their lives" as cases of disease rise, nutrition falls, and "the escalation in hostilities" approaches its 14th week.

The UNICEF points to the thousands of children who've already been killed in Israeli bombing and shelling of the Gaza Strip. The press release also emphasized that while conditions for children are rapidly deteriorating, there are increasing cases of diarrhea, while food poverty is on the rise, raising the risk of mounting child deaths.

“Children in Gaza are caught in a nightmare that worsens with every passing day,” UNICEF’s Executive Director, Catherine Russell is quoted as saying.

“Children and families in the Gaza Strip continue to be killed and injured in the fighting, and their lives are increasingly at risk from preventable diseases and lack of food and water. All children and civilians must be protected from violence and have access to basic services and supplies," she added.

According to the press release, cases of diarrhea among children under the age of five rose from 48'000 cases, to 71'000 cases in a single week beginning Dec. 17th, the equivalent of 3'200 new cases of diarrhea per day.

UNICEF points to the increasing in cases of diarrhea in such a short period is a strong indication that child health in the Palestinian enclave is quickly deteriorating.

According to UNICEF, before the escalation in Israeli aggression, an average of 2'000 cases of diarrhea in children under the age of five were recorded each month, with the increase to today's totals representing a 2'000% increase.

The UNICEF press release adds that, "Since the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification warned of the risk of famine in the Gaza Strip in late December, UNICEF has found that an increasing number of children are not getting their basic nutrition needs met."

UNICEF also emphasizes that about 90% of children under two years of age are now consuming "two or fewer food groups" according to a UNICEF survey conducted on Dec. 26th.

UNICEF says that the same survey, conducted just two weeks previous showed that 80% of children under two were consuming two or fewer food groups at that time, a 10% increase in just two weeks, a marked deterioration for such a short time frame.

UNICEF added that most Gazan families said their children are only getting grains, including bread, or milk, which UNICEF says meets the definition of "severe food poverty".

UNICEF goes on to point out that dietary diversity for pregnant and breastfeeding women has also been severely compromised, with 25% of respondents to their survey saying they'd only consumed a single food type the day before, with 65% having only eaten two food types.

"The deteriorating situation is raising concerns about acute malnutrition and mortality breaching famine thresholds," the press release says.

UNICEF says it is "particularly worried" about the nutrition of over 155'000 pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers, in addition to the over 135'000 children under two, "given their specific nutrition needs and vulnerability."

"When combined and left untreated," UNICEF says, "malnutrition and disease create a deadly cycle."

"Evidence has shown that children with poor health and nutrition are more vulnerable to serious infections like acute diarrhea. Acute and prolonged diarrhea seriously exacerbates poor health and malnutrition in children, putting them at risk of death.

UNICEF says that Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has "damaged or destroyed essential water, sanitation and health systems," and has "limited the ability to treat severe malnutrition."

In addition to the occupation bombing and shelling, displaced Palestinian families living in Gaza are unable to maintain the necessary hygiene levels necessary to prevent disease. And given the alarming lack of potable water and sanitation, many families are forced into openly defecating in the streets.

On top of this, only a few functioning hospitals remain in service in the Palestinian enclave, with the medical centers still open remaining focused on responding to the unending streams of trauma patients wounded in Israeli occupation bombing and shelling.

In this way, the local hospitals and healthcare personnel are "unable to adequately treat disease outbreaks."

UNICEF points to its own work in the Gaza Strip, delivering vital medical and other supplies, hygiene kits, infant formula, specialized food needs, nutrient supplements, and ready-to-use therapeutic foods for the "early prevention and treatment of acute malnutrition."

"UNICEF is calling for the resumption of commercial traffic so the shelves of shops can be restocked, and for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire to help save civilian lives and alleviate suffering," the press release states.

"UNICEF works to provide the life-saving aid the children of Gaza so desperately need. But we urgently need better and safer access to save children's lives," UNICEF's Executive Director, Catherine Russell is quoted as saying.

"The futures of thousands more children in Gaza hang in the balance. The world cannot stand by and watch. The violence and suffering of children must stop."

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Gaza Crisis: 20 Palestinians Killed in Israeli Airstrikes on Market and School

Gaza City, Palestine – In yet another tragic day for Gaza, Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 20 Palestinians, including children, after targeting a crowded market and a school sheltering displaced people. The attacks took place on Tuesday, marking a significant escalation in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine. Market Attack in Deir al-Balah The first airstrike hit a busy…

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[chaiaurchaandni]

does throwing a stone at a tank

make a child a terrorist?

is terrorism about resisting oppression? is terrorism about demanding your birthright to live safely and peacefully in your homeland? is terrorism about hating the killers of your family, your friends and your people?

accusations of terrorism are often weaponized against those fighting for liberation and sovereignty and dignity. the french settlers called the algerians terrorists. the indian government calls the kashmiris terrorists. the pakistani army calls pashtun activists terrorists. the turkish government calls the kurds terrorists. apartheid south africa called nelson mandela a terrorist. americans called the vietcong and the black panthers terrorists. the israelis call the palestinians terrorists. all oppressive regimes are connected. all oppressed people are connected. injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

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Video from 27 Sep 2024

[sayruq]

[abla-soso]

Look at this IDF soldier destroying a children's toy shop with such rabid rage.

The hate they feel towards Palestinian kids is demonic.

[boochanz]

the fact that the report [ file available at the bottom of this page ] listing every person who has been killed in palestine since oct 7th is over 210 pages long is fucking insane. the first of the 88 names are from one family. after that, the following 72 are from one family. one family. i am asking you from the bottom of my heart, do not become desensitized to these numbers. 7,028 killed. 2,913 of them children. thousands missing under the rubble. do not ever let these numbers be anything but shocking and disturbing to you.

[briteredoctober]

For everyone who keeps saying “wHaT aBoUt ThE hOsTaGeS?!?! ReLeAsE tHe HoStAgEs!!1!”

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[girlinafairytale]

source

[chaiaurchaandni]

[sissa-arrows]

Ahmad Abu Shamla, a Palestinian man, was killed by Israel in Rafah. He had been working for France since 2002 in the French institute.

Wanna know why he was still in Gaza? Because France refused to put his 4 oldest sons in the list of people allowed to evacuate through Rafah. Because of his job France could repatriate him and his family but they chose to put only part of the family in the list and refused to put his 4 older sons. Ahmad told the rest of his family who were on the list to leave and he stayed behind with his 4 sons and on Saturday he died because of his wounds after the house he was staying at was bombed. He was killed by Israel because France expected him to leave his sons behind.

It’s just so fucking disgusting I wanna throw up.

[sayruq]

TW: death, child death, mass murder, corpses (they're blurred)

[sscarletvenus]

"every zionist accusation is a confession"

well, this actually happened to a Palestinian child in the Deir Yassin massacre of 1948. here's an eye-witness account :

FULL DOCUMENTARY HERE.