The Israeli regime’s forces have killed two Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip every day since the ceasefire began in early October, UNICEF has warned.
The UN children’s agency said on Friday that Israeli forces continue to attack Palestinians in Gaza even though the agreement was meant to stop the killing.
“Since 11 October, while the ceasefire has been in effect, at least 67 children have been killed in conflict-related incidents in the Gaza Strip. Dozens more have been injured. That is an average of almost two children killed every day since the ceasefire took effect,” UNICEF spokesperson Ricardo Pires said in Geneva, reminding that each number in the statistics represents a child whose life had ended violently.
“These are not statistics,” he said. “Each child had a story, a family, and a future that was stolen from them.”
Data from Palestinian factions, human rights groups, and government bodies recorded since the US-brokered ceasefire deal went into effect on October 10 show that Israeli forces have carried out numerous attacks, each constituting a separate ceasefire violation.
UNICEF teams say they repeatedly continue to witness heart-wrenching scenes of fearful Palestinian children sleeping outdoors with amputated limbs, while others live as orphans in flooded, makeshift shelters.
“I saw this myself in August. There is no safe place for them. The world cannot normalize their suffering,” Pires said, lamenting that the UN could “do a lot more if the aid that is really needed was entering faster.”
The UNICEF spokesperson warned that with the advent of winter, the risks for hundreds of thousands of displaced children will increase.
He warned, “The stakes are incredibly high” for children as winter acts as a threat multiplier, where children have no heating, no insulation, and few blankets. He said respiratory infections rise.
“Too many children have already paid the highest price,” Pires said. “Too many are still paying it, even under a ceasefire. The world promised them it would stop and that we would protect them.”
“Now we must act like it,” the UNICEF spokesperson added.
Since the Israeli regime launched its genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza in October 2023, it has killed nearly 70,000 people in the territory, most of them women and children, and injured over 170,000 more, while reducing most of the structures in the enclave to rubble.
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Can you please confirm this that below 12 months age infant is allowed in this pandemic situation or connect me to that immigration officer?
My baby has turned 15 months and I have submitted her passsport twice for visa stamping however it got declined all the times. The reason they said is visa document required. I tried submitting the visa application online on moi portal but I am getting message “ visit Isteqdam office” . I don’t know what to do as I am here in India.
Will my baby get on arrival visa?
Please advice
Can I bring my baby 23 months old on arrival visa or I should go to stamping
I have recently applied for a permanent visa for ksa. However I dont have iqama yet. I can only get the iqama once I reach there. If I travel along with my infant baby, does the baby need a separate visa stamped on the passport or baby can travel on mother’s visa?
I can travel with my 10 month baby from ndiato Saudi Arabia?
only for passport no visa.
Dear Mohammed Waheed,
I checked with an immigration officer in KSA, and the age limit for Visa on Arrival for infants is 12 months subject to parents having valid Iqama, post that age a visa should be stamped in home country to travel.
Not sure if they are allowing this during pandemic, if any one came thru this way please advise.
Is this still available during this covid pandemic..?
What requirements to be shown in Indian airport??
Up to what age of child visa upon arrival will be issued in the kingdom?
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