News Center- Israel attacks targeting civilians in Gaza continue. The United Nations (UN) Security Council held an emergency meeting on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza upon the call of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

“The level of destruction is unprecedented, the human tragedy unfolding under our watch is unbearable” said Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner general for the UNRWA at the meeting. “One million people, half the population of Gaza, were pushed from the north of the Gaza Strip towards the south in three weeks. The south, however, has not been spared from bombardment, with significant numbers killed.”

‘Nearly 70 per cent of those reported killed are children and women’

Reporting that nearly 70 per cent of those reported killed are children and women, Philippe Lazzarini said, “Save the Children reported yesterday that nearly 3,200 children were killed in Gaza in just three weeks. This surpasses the number of children killed annually across the world's conflict zones since 2019. Panic pushed thousands of desperate people to head to the UNRWA warehouse and distribution centres where we store the food and other supplies we started receiving via Egypt last week.

‘More than 420 children are killed or injured in Gaza each day

“More than 420 children are being killed or injured in Gaza each day – a number which should shake each of us to our core,” said Catherine Russell, Executive Director of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

According to WHO in Gaza, due to 34 attacks against health care facilities, including 21 hospitals and 12 of Gaza’s 35 hospitals can no longer function.

“As if this wasn’t enough, children in both Israel and the State of Palestine are experiencing terrible trauma, the consequences of which could last a lifetime,” Catherine Russell said. “We are doing our best to reach all children in need, but the delivery of humanitarian aid, especially Gaza, is now extremely challenging.”