Press release
With stoppage of humanitarian aid deliveries into the Gaza Strip, UNICEF warns of severe consequences for children and families in desperate need
NEW YORK / AMMAN, 3 March 2025 – UNICEF is warning that the stoppage of aid deliveries into the Gaza Strip will quickly lead to devastating consequences for children and families across Gaza who are struggling to survive. “The aid restrictions announced yesterday will severely compromise lifesaving operations for ...
Statement
Humanitarian access improves quality of polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip
28 February 2025, Jerusalem/Amman/Geneva – A five-day mass polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip concluded on Wednesday, reaching nearly 603 000 children under 10 years of age with novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) following comprehensive, simultaneous access to all five governorates during the ongoin...
Statement
Mass polio vaccination campaign to continue in the Gaza Strip
19 February 2025, Jerusalem/Amman/Geneva – The emergency polio outbreak response in the Gaza Strip is continuing, with a mass vaccination campaign scheduled from 22 to 26 February 2025. The novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) will be administered to over 591,000 children under 10 years of age to protect them ...
Statement
Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Edouard Beigbeder on child casualties in the West Bank
AMMAN, 12 February 2025 – “Conflict-related violence continues to bring death and fear to civilians, including women and children in the West Bank. On 7 February, a 10-year-old Palestinian boy succumbed to his wounds after reportedly being shot, while two days later, in another tragic event in Nur Shams camp, an eight-months pregnant woman was…
Blog post
Resilience in Education
Education is not just a right- it’s a lifeline. In places where war and instability threaten the future of millions, education has remained a beacon of hope amid adversity. This resilience is powerfully illustrated in stories from Palestine and Sudan, where education, the continuity of learning, persists as a prio...
Press release
Scaling up supplies and services for children in the Gaza Strip
NEW YORK, 27 January 2025 – UNICEF has accelerated the distribution of supplies and services to children in the Gaza Strip, with more than 350 trucks entering in the first week of the long-awaited ceasefire. The trucks, filled with water, hygiene kits, malnutrition treatments, warm clothes, tarpaulins and other cr...
Statement
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the announcement of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip
NEW YORK, 15 January 2025 – “UNICEF welcomes the announcement today of a ceasefire deal between the parties to the conflict in the Gaza Strip. This is long overdue for the children and families of Gaza who have endured more than a year of bombardment and deprivation, and for the hostages in Gaza and their families...
Press release
New year brings little new hope for children in Gaza, with at least 74 children reportedly killed in first week of 2025
EAST JERUSALEM/AMMAN/NEW YORK, 8 January 2025 – At least 74 children have reportedly been killed in relentless violence in the Gaza Strip in just the first seven days of 2025. Children have reportedly been killed in several mass casualty events, including nighttime attacks in Gaza City, Khan Younis, and Al Mawasi,...
Statement
Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Edouard Beigbeder on continued deaths of children
AMMAN, 26 December 2024 – “In the final days of the year, there seems to be no end in sight to the deadly threats to children in Gaza. Over the past three days, at least eleven children have reportedly been killed in attacks. Now, we are also witnessing children dying from the cold and a lack of adequate shelter. ...
Remarks
"Cold, sick and traumatized" - the ongoing nightmare for children in Gaza
AMMAN/GENEVA, 20 December 2024 – “Children in Gaza are cold, sick and traumatized. Hunger and malnutrition, and the dire living conditions more broadly, continue to put the lives of children at risk. Right now, over 96% of women and children in Gaza cannot meet their basic nutritional needs. Most are surviving on ...
Statement
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on children and the continued bloodshed in the Gaza Strip
NEW YORK, 13 December 2024 – “Yesterday, in yet another devastating attack on Nuseirat camp, in central Gaza, 33 people were reportedly killed – including at least eight children – and 50 wounded by airstrikes. The latest violence adds to a staggering figure of more than 160 children reportedly killed in Gaza in a...
Statement
Statement by UNICEF Middle East and North Africa Regional Director Edouard Beigbeder, on the killing of children in Nuseirat and Al Mawasi, Gaza
AMMAN, 6 December 2024 – “In a single day of bloodshed, children in different parts of the Gaza strip were reportedly killed while sheltering inside their tents or desperately queueing for a piece of bread amid a rapidly worsening food crisis. ”On Wednesday, an airstrike in Nuseirat Camp, central Gaza, reportedly ...