Gaza - Saba:
Kazem Abu Khalaf, spokesperson for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Palestine, said that the situation in the Gaza Strip is extremely dire and that the consequences are dire and on the brink of collapse if the situation continues as it is.
Abu Khalaf added in statements to Al Jazeera on Thursday that people in the Gaza Strip are trapped in a "maze of death, especially children," noting that this is the longest period the Strip has gone without any aid being brought in due to the closure of the crossings.
He continued: "Large numbers of children are being killed now in the worst period since the beginning of the war," explaining that the average number of children killed in Gaza since the beginning of the war has reached 27 per day.
He explained that the "Israeli" war has so far left behind 39,000 orphans, including 2,000 who have lost both parents. He said, "Those who live are arrested, and if they are not arrested, they are injured, and if they are not injured, they miss the school year. This is the situation of children in Gaza," stressing that there are children detained from the Gaza Strip in addition to the West Bank.
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