December 2024. A study carried out by the Community Training Centre for Crisis Management in Gaza, backed by the Dutch Relief Alliance and the War Child Alliance, has found that 96% of children surveyed feel their death is imminent; 49% have expressed a desire to die. (see reliefweb, warchild.net, The Guardian)
November 8 (Reuters) - The U.N. Human Rights Office said on Friday nearly 70% of the fatalities it has verified in the Gaza war were women and children……………..Overall, those aged 18 or under represented 44% of the victims, with children aged 5 to 9 representing the single biggest age category, followed by those aged 10-14, and then those aged up to and including 4.
May 2024. From a statement issued by Josep Borell Fontelles, Vice-President of the European Commission and Janez Lenarcic, European Commissioner for Crisis Management:
"Since the start of the conflict in Gaza, following the brutal terrorist attacks by Hamas on 7 October, 31 out of 36 hospitals have been damaged or destroyed.………………..Since October 7, the WHO has recorded a total of 890 attacks on health facilities, with 443 occurring in Gaza and 447 in the West Bank………………………....……."
Unicef 8 Nov 2024 “In October alone, 64 attacks (on schools) were registered on the ground, mostly in the north; 95 per cent of all schools in the Gaza Strip have sustained damage over the past year………………...Meanwhile, at least 658,000 school-aged children in Gaza have been disconnected from all formal learning activities, casting a shadow of uncertainty on their future; their lives overwhelmed by mental health distress, as well as increased risk of child labour and child marriage."
30th Jan 2024. (BBC) “satellite data analysis obtained by the BBC shows the true extent of the destruction. The analysis suggests between 144,000 and 175,000 buildings across the whole Gaza Strip have been damaged or destroyed. That's between 50% and 61% of Gaza's buildings......Mr Scher, one of the academics who worked on the Gaza damage assessment, said it stands out compared with other war zones he's analysed. "We've done work over Ukraine, we've also looked at Aleppo and other cities, but the extent and the pace of damage is remarkable. I've never seen this much damage appear so quickly..............”
These reports from the myriad, including use of huge bombs that cause wider, indiscriminate damage and loss of life, laying waste of farmland and crops in spite of impending famine, lack of warnings...... it's a long list.
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