GENEVA — In
a statement issued on Saturday,
Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor
revealed that there have been more than 10,000 infant and child fatalities
since October 7.
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Meanwhile,
it adds that the fatalities are most likely 23,012 Palestinians, including
9,077 children, taking into account hundreds of children remained trapped under
the rubble with little chance of surviving, estimating that this number could
exceed 10,000.
18,000 Palestinian children injured
Furthermore,
Israel’s war on Gaza has left over 18,000 Palestinian children injured, with
many in critical condition. Dozens more have suffered amputations, and hundreds
more have sustained severe burns to various parts of their bodies, according to
Euro-Med Monitor
24,000 children have lost one or
both parents
The group
further estimated that between 24,000 and 25,000 children in the Gaza Strip
have lost one or both parents, and approximately 640,000 have had their homes
destroyed or damaged, leaving them without a place to live.
217 schools in Gaza have been
damaged or destroyed
Additionally,
217 schools in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed. According to the group,
children of Gaza are being subjected to indiscriminate attacks by Israel amid
an ongoing genocide that has persisted for three consecutive months now, said
Euro-Med Monitor. Meanwhile, a large number of them are denied access to food
and/or clean water. Many of these children have been forced to flee under fire,
further worsening their already precarious psychological situations.
1.84 million Gazans have been
internally displaced
Over 1.84
million Gazans have been internally displaced since October 7, leaving many
families with children living in severely overcrowded facilities that are
neither intended nor suitable for shelter, stated the
Human Rights Organization.
Children are eating one meal a day
Children in
the Gaza Strip are at a startling risk of starvation and death, particularly in
Gaza City and the Strip’s northern areas, where children are only eating one
meal a day. Euro-Med Monitor also cited the rise of dangerous coping
mechanisms, such as children using risky and unhealthy methods to light fires
for cooking.
In addition,
children in Gaza face the risk of exposure to epidemics and communicable
diseases—a result of multiple crises, such as the lack of safe drinking water,
the stopping of sewage pumps, lack of health care, and lack of personal hygiene
in extremely overcrowded shelter centers.
47 percent of the population in Gaza
experience mental health issues
Children
under the age of 18, constituting 47 percent of the 2.3 million people living
in the Gaza Strip, have long experienced mental health issues.
Before the
current violence, four out of every five children used to report experiencing
depression, sadness, or fear, and earlier studies revealed an even higher
number of mental health issues.
Euro-Med
Human Rights Monitor renewed its urgent call on the international community to
take immediate action to stop Israel’s attempts to turn the Gaza Strip into a
real-life cemetery for children. The organization urged the international
community to protect these children and to end Israel’s blatant double-standard
policy, allowing for Israeli impunity.
The
Geneva-based organization stressed that Israel must be held accountable for its
clear violations of international humanitarian law. These violations are
evidenced by its killing and targeting of Palestinian children and negation of
their special needs for vaccines, food, clothing, and shelter—needs that are
recognized in the Geneva Conventions and their 1977 Protocols.
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