“Today those in power have decided to continue the killing of children,” says Unicef spokesman James Elder. New attacks on the people of Gaza would only cause “a new bloodbath” but would have no other effect, he said in a video link from the Gaza Strip.
According to the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, around 15,000 people have been killed in the densely populated coastal strip since the conflict began. According to the data, which cannot be independently verified, 6,150 children died. Around 1,000 children had to have their limbs amputated, reports the top representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) in the Gaza Strip, Richard Peeperkorn, citing the Palestinian authorities. “Nowhere in the Gaza Strip is safe from these violent attacks,” says Peeperkorn.