In the Gaza Strip, children are threatened by hunger and disease, warns the UN, which warns of a risk of an increase in infant deaths.
Alone, or accompanied by their parents, these children come to collect their food ration: lentil soup, prepared by a charity. A very meager meal for these children, starving and traumatized by months of bombing.
In a new report, the UN publishes alarming statistics: 5% of children under the age of two suffer from acute malnutrition in the south of the enclave.
“We have nothing to eat. We eat lentils, but before the war we had chicken, rice and many delicious dishes. Today we survive on canned goods. We used to eat before going to sleep, but now we go to bed without dinner“, explains young Islam, 12 years old.
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees published these images of several of these schools destroyed by Israeli army bombings. Some of these buildings served as shelter for displaced civilians.
As ceasefire negotiations stall, Israel threatens to launch offensive against Rafah city, home to 1.4 million Palestinians, if hostages are not released by early of Ramadan, around March 10.
