Children in Gaza need Israeli attacks to stop: UNICEF
James Elder, spokesperson for the UN agency for child rights (UNICEF), says he was at Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza earlier today, where he saw two children who were severely injured in Israel’s attack on the southern area of al-Mawasi.
Elder told Al Jazeera that a 10-year-old girl was in intensive care with “horrific” head wounds, covered in blood. “She had been struck by an air strike at about 10:00 in the morning today, while she was getting water,” he said.
A little boy who was injured in the same attack was lying next to her in the hospital. “Doctors will not know if he will be alive tomorrow,” said Elder, who stressed that the children were hurt just hours after Trump called on Israel to stop its bombings.
“Palestinians have seen time and time [again] promises broken,” he said. “Yes, they hold hope very dear – they have to. But they need to see those concrete changes on the ground, and that means of course, concrete changes from the sky.”
Israel carried out 93 attacks on Gaza in past 24 hours: Media Office
Gaza’s Government Media Office says at least 70 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s assault on the territory in the past 24 hours, including 47 people killed in Gaza City alone.
The office said the 93 Israeli air and artillery raids carried out during that time frame have targeted densely populated civilian areas, as well as displaced Palestinians, across the Strip.
“This new crime falls within the framework of the ongoing genocide against our Palestinian people, and confirms that the occupation is ignoring all international calls for calm, and insists on continuing the systematic killing of civilians and the destruction of the foundations of life in the Gaza Strip,” it said.
It also urged the Trump administration and the international community to take “serious, effective and urgent action” to stop Israel’s bombardment.
