Gaza Is Now ‘Most Dangerous Place in the World To Be a Child’: UNICEF
The UN agency shared the story of a 12-year-old Palestinian girl who lost her leg in an Israeli airstrike, only to die in another as she recovered in a hospital
Published 12/20/23 07:25 AM ET|Updated 1 hr ago
Luke Funk
A UNICEF spokesperson called Gaza “the most dangerous place in the world to be a child” during a press briefing in Geneva on Tuesday, amid growing concerns in the international community that the besieged Strip is becoming a humanitarian catastrophe.
James Elder, of the United Nations children's agency, spoke to reporters at the UN offices at the historic Palais des Nations in Geneva.
“Over the past 48 hours, the largest remaining fully functioning hospital was shelled, twice,” Elder said.
“That hospital – Al Nasser in Khan Yunis – not only shelters large numbers of children who had already been badly injured in attacks on their homes, but hundreds of women and children seeking safety.”
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