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Massive child casualties in Gaza: UNICEF

Published: 04 Dec 2023 - 12:59 pm | Last Updated: 04 Dec 2023 - 01:05 pm
A Palestinian boy collects wood near a cemetery damaged following Israeli air strikes in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip early on December 4, 2023. (Photo by Mohammed Abed / AFP)

A Palestinian boy collects wood near a cemetery damaged following Israeli air strikes in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip early on December 4, 2023. (Photo by Mohammed Abed / AFP)

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New York: The Spokesperson for the United Nation's Children's Fund (UNICEF) James Elder said "This is the worst bombardment of the war right now in south Gaza. I am seeing massive child casualties."

"We have a final warning to save children; and our collective conscience," said the Spokesperson for UNICEF James Elder.

The UN official had previously said there is panic among people, and they do not know where to go and are almost in a state of astonishment, describing the state of despair that dominates Palestinian families and children in a hospital in the Gaza Strip.

Since Oct. 7, the Israeli entity has been waging a devastating war on Gaza, which resulted in the deaths of 15,523, the wounding of 41,316 others. The war has also left massive destruction to the infrastructure, according to official Palestinian and UN sources.