Excerpt from the Guardian below.
Does the world give a fuck about these children or not?
Is this what ‘winning’ looks like?
Whatever people think will be gained, too much has already been lost.
Up to 51,000 children in Gaza could be unaccompanied or separated from parents, charity warns
The International Rescue Committee(IRC) has shared a new report detailing the devastating impact Israel’s war on Gaza has had on the children in the territory.
Here are some of the main findings from the report:
- About 17,000 children are estimated to be unaccompanied or separated from parents and caregivers. The IRC thinks this figure could be three times as high (51,000).
- Frequent Israeli evacuation orders, detentions and attacks have contributed to more families being separated in Gaza over the past few months.
- Some children have been found living alone in hospitals.
- Unaccompanied and separated children face high risks of child labour, exploitation, neglect, starvation, and long-term mental health impacts.
- Every child, parent and caregiver in Gaza is experiencing trauma.
- IRC teams in Gaza are seeing increased rates of severe and acute malnutrition in children under five.
- Children in Gaza have now missed one year of education because of the collapse of the education destruction of school buildings caused by Israeli bombardment.