UNICEF: HELPING GAZAN CHILDREN
After more than six months of intense bombing in the Gaza Strip, more than 13,800 children have reportedly been killed, thousands have been injured and thousands more are on the brink of famine.
The total number of wounded children is hard to determine as only a small percentage of reports are disaggregated by age, but the most recent data from the Palestinian Ministry of Health documents more than 12,000 children — almost 70 children every day — injured in Gaza since the war began. That number is almost certainly an underestimate.
"The scars of this war are not just physical ones," said UNICEF spokesperson Tess Ingram. "We're seeing an enormous mental health toll on children in Gaza. UNICEF estimates that 100 percent of the children here need mental health and psychosocial support."
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