UNICEF condemns ‘shameful violence against children’ in Gaza
The UN Children’s Fund has called for an immediate end to the “shameful violence against children” in Gaza, as Israel continues to attack refugee camps and medical facilities housing displaced Palestinian refugees.
“Today, our screens were once again filled with horrifying reports of children killed, burnt, and families emerging from the bombed tents in Gaza. These should shock the world to its core,” UNICEF wrote in a post on X.
“There is no safe place for children in Gaza,” it added.
There is no safe place for children in Gaza.
This shameful violence against children must end now. pic.twitter.com/uz79ZFdE4T
— UNICEF (@UNICEF) October 14, 2024
Doctor pleads with world after attack on Gaza hospital grounds
Mohammed Tahir, a UK doctor on his third medical mission to Gaza, pleads with the world to do more to end the war. His plea follows an attack on tents for displaced Palestinians on the Al-Aqsa Hospital grounds.
Israel has repeatedly carried out deadly strikes on medical facilities and refugee camps since its war in Gaza began in October 2023.
Gaza polio campaign starts well despite Israeli strikes, WHO says
The World Health Organization says it was able to begin its polio campaign in central Gaza and vaccinate tens of thousands of children despite Israeli strikes in the designated protected zone hours before.
As part of an agreement between the Israeli military and Palestinian militant group Hamas, humanitarian pauses in the year-long Gaza war had been due to begin early on Monday to reach hundreds of thousands of children.
However, hours before then, the UN humanitarian office said Israeli forces struck tents near al Aqsa hospital, inside in the zone, where it said four people were burned to death.
WHO spokesperson Tarik Jašarevic told a Geneva press briefing that over 92,000 children, or around half of the children targeted for polio vaccines in the central area, had been inoculated on Monday. “What we have received from colleagues is that the vaccination went without a major issue yesterday, and we hope It will continue the same way,” he said.
