Press release
Acute malnutrition has doubled in one month in the north of Gaza strip: UNICEF
NEW YORK, 15 MARCH 2024, –31 per cent - or 1 in 3 children under 2 years of age – in the Northern Gaza Strip suffer from acute malnutrition, a staggering escalation from 15.6 per cent in January., Malnutrition among children is spreading fast and reaching devastating and unprecedented levels in the Gaza Strip, due to the wide-reaching impacts of the war and ongoing restrictions on aid delivery., At least 23 children in Northern Gaza Strip have r...
Remarks
Stories of loss and grief: At least 17,000 children are estimated to be unaccompanied or separated from their parents in the Gaza Strip
GENEVA, 2 February 2023 – UNICEF estimates that, at least 17,000 children in the Gaza Strip are unaccompanied or separated, . Each one, a heartbreaking story of loss and grief. This corresponds to 1 per cent of the overall displaced population - 1.7 million people. Of course, this is an estimation since it is nearly impossible to gather and verify information under the current security and humanitarian conditions. I returned from Gaza this week. ...
Press release
Preventing famine and deadly disease outbreaks in Gaza requires faster, safer aid access and more supply routes
ROME/GENEVA/NEW YORK, 14 January 2023, – As the risk of famine grows, and more people are exposed to deadly disease outbreaks, a fundamental step change in the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza is urgently needed, United Nations agencies warned today. The heads of the World Food Programme (WFP), UNICEF and the W...
Press release
‘Barely a drop to drink’: children in the Gaza Strip do not access 90 per cent of their normal water use
AMMAN, 19 December 2023, – Recently displaced, children in the southern Gaza Strip are accessing only 1.5 to 2 litres of water each day, well below the recommended requirements just for survival, , according to UNICEF estimates. According to humanitarian standards, the minimum amount of water needed in an emergen...
Statement
Statement by Adele Khodr, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa on the continued killing and injuring of children in the Gaza Strip and the humanitarian situation
AMMAN, , 9, December 2023, – “The Gaza Strip is the most dangerous place in the world to be a child., Scores of children are reportedly being killed and injured on a daily basis., Entire neighborhoods, where children used to play and go to school have been turned into stacks of rubble, with no life in them. “UNI...
Statement
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the resumption of fighting in Gaza
NEW YORK, 1 December 2023, – “Today, the Gaza Strip is once again the most dangerous place in the world to be a child., After seven days of respite from horrific violence, fighting has resumed. More children will surely die as a result., “Before the pause,, more than 5,300 Palestinian children were reportedly kil...
Remarks
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell’s remarks at the UN Security Council briefing on the protection of children in Gaza
NEW YORK, November 22, 2023 –, “Excellencies, “Thank you to Ambassador Nusseibeh, Ambassador Zhang Jun, and Ambassador Frazier for bringing us together to speak about the worsening situation for children in the State of Palestine and Israel. “I would also like to thank this Council for its adoption of Resolution 2...
Statement
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on her visit to Gaza
GAZA, 15 November 2023, – “Today I visited the Gaza Strip to meet with children, their families and UNICEF staff. What I saw and heard was devastating. They have endured repeated bombardment, loss and displacement. Inside the Strip, there is nowhere safe for Gaza’s one million children to turn. “The parties to t...
News note
Lives of one million children ‘hanging by a thread,’ as child health services almost collapse across the Gaza Strip
AMMAN, 10 November 2023 –, The near total breakdown and attacks on medical and healthcare services across Gaza, in particular the northern areas, threatens the lives of every child in the Strip. Over the past 24-hours, medical care at Al-Rantisi and Al-Nasr children’s hospitals has reportedly almost ceased, with ...
News note
Child casualties in Gaza “a growing stain on our collective conscience”
NEW YORK/AMMAN, 24 October 2023, – Over the past 18 days, the Gaza Strip has borne witness to a devastating toll on its children, with a reported, 2,360 fatalities and a reported 5,364 injuries, due to unrelenting attacks, or, more than 400 children reportedly either killed or injured daily, . Additionally,, more...
Article
4 things you need to know about water and famine
Conflict, climate change, poverty and most recently the COVID-19 pandemic are driving massive humanitarian crises, leaving millions at risk of famine. Children are the most vulnerable during periods of famine and extreme food insecurity, facing a greater likelihood of severe malnutrition and death. These crises al...