War on Gaza orphaned 17,000 children, UNRWA finds
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The Israeli occupation's war on Gaza has, according to the UN's agency on Palestinian refugees, orphaned 17,000 Palestinian children.
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Palestinian crowds struggle to buy bread from a bakery in Rafah, Gaza Strip, February 19, 2024 (AP)
The Israeli war on Gaza has thus far orphaned 17,000 Palestinian children, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, said on Monday.
Palestinian babies are "slowly perishing under the world's gaze," UNRWA said as Israeli criminality continues to see new heights.
The UN agency underlined that one in six children under the age of two is acutely malnourished in the heavily blockaded northern Gaza Strip where aid is not even allowed entry.
"Children dying from bombs, even more now dying from the consequences of the siege," UNRWA said. "These horrific deaths are entirely preventable."
This comes after a similar report from the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed that some 17,000 children have been orphaned.
The ministry added that 17,000 Palestinian children in Gaza have become orphaned since the beginning of the Israeli genocide against Gaza.
