News Center- The data shared by Philippe Lazzarini, Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on X shows that more children have been reported killed in the war raging in Gaza than in four years of conflict around the world.

 ‘This war is a war on children’

“Staggering. The number of children reported killed in just over 4 months in #Gaza is higher than the number of children killed in 4 years of wars around the world combined,” said Philippe Lazzarini. “This war is a war on children. It is a war on their childhood and their future.”

His post referenced United Nations numbers showing that more than 12,300 children were killed in Gaza between October 2023 and February 2024, compared to 12,193 children killed in global conflict from 2019 to 2023.

His post also calls for an immediate ceasefire “for the sake of children in Gaza.”