{"id":2249,"date":"2026-08-06T15:30:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T15:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asianewscast.com\/?p=2249"},"modified":"2026-08-06T15:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T15:30:12","slug":"unicef-says-one-child-killed-per-day-in-gaza-since-ceasefire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asianewscast.com\/?p=2249","title":{"rendered":"UNICEF says one child killed per day in Gaza since \u2018ceasefire\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__divider\">\n<div class=\"listen-to-article\"><button class=\"listen-to-article__button\" data-testid=\"listen-to-article-button\"><title>Listen<\/title>Listen (3 mins)<\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share__update-reading-list-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"update-reading-list\">\n<p class=\"update-reading-list__button-text\">Save<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click here to share on social media<\/div>\n<p><title>share-nodes<\/title><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<div class=\"rich-share__links rich-share__links--row\" data-testid=\"share-links\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__social rich-share__social--row\"><a class=\"rich-share__social-link row\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Faje.news%2Fsv250k\"><title>facebook<\/title><\/a><a class=\"rich-share__social-link row\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=UNICEF%20says%20one%20child%20killed%20per%20day%20in%20Gaza%20since%20%E2%80%98ceasefire%E2%80%99&amp;source=sharethiscom&amp;related=sharethis&amp;via=AJEnglish&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Faje.news%2Fsv250k\"><title>x<\/title><\/a><a class=\"rich-share__social-link row u-hidden--desktop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Share on Whatsapp\" href=\"\/\/send?text=https%3A%2F%2Faje.news%2Fsv250k\"><title>whatsapp-stroke<\/title><\/a><a class=\"rich-share__social-link row copylink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"Copy link\" href=\"https:\/\/aje.news\/sv250k\"><title>copylink<\/title><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"google-preferred-source\"><button class=\"google-preferred-source__button\" aria-label=\"Add Al Jazeera on Google\" data-testid=\"google-preferred-source-button\"><title>google<\/title><span class=\"google-preferred-source__text\">Add Al Jazeera on Google<\/span><\/button><button aria-label=\"See more of Al Jazeera\u2019s trusted journalism by adding us as a preferred source on Google.\" class=\"tooltip-accessible_trigger\"><title>info<\/title><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-featured__media\">\n<figure class=\"article-featured-image\">\n<div class=\"responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ap_6a749224eaeda-1786024484.jpg?resize=770%2C513&amp;quality=80\" alt=\"Mourners gather around the flag-draped bodies of members of the Hassayna and Abu Sharia families, killed in an Israeli strike in 2023 and recently recovered from the rubble, during their funeral in Gaza City, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. (AP Photo\/Jehad Alshrafi)\"><\/div><figcaption>Mourners gather around the flag-draped bodies of members of the al-Hasayna and Abu Sharia families, who were killed in an Israeli strike in 2023 and recently recovered from the rubble, during their funeral in Gaza City this week [File: Jehad Alshrafi\/AP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-info m--t-20 m--desktop-b-30 m--b-mobile-20\">\n<div class=\"byline byline--single-avatar\">\n<div class=\"avatars-container\"><a class=\"avatar\" aria-hidden=\"true\" href=\"\/author\/al_jazeera_staff_150119130629458\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2017-06-08T131939Z_1189275883_RC11B0FE7F20_RTRMADP_3_GULF-QATAR-JAZEERA-1714943623.jpg?resize=96%2C96&amp;quality=80\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline-content\">\n<div class=\"contributors-list contributors-list--byline\"><span class=\"contributors-list__by-prefix\">By <\/span><a href=\"\/author\/al_jazeera_staff_150119130629458\">Al Jazeera Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<div class=\"date-simple\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 6 Aug 2026<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">6 Aug 2026<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg--all-content\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p>At least 300 children have been killed in Gaza in the roughly 300 days since a so-called \u201cceasefire\u201d was announced on October 10, 2025 \u2013\u00a0an average of one child a day, the United Nations children\u2019s agency says.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds more have been wounded, many severely, UNICEF said in a statement on Thursday as it pressed parties to a proposed US-led peace plan to translate pledges into action.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"more-on__list\">\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 1 of 3<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/features\/2026\/8\/3\/tell-us-gaza-family-trapped-between-hope-and-pain-over-missing-brothers\">\u2018Tell us\u2019: Gaza family trapped between hope and pain over missing brothers<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 2 of 3<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/news\/2026\/8\/4\/i-wanted-to-hug-whatever-remained-gaza-families-3-year-wait-for-funeral\">\u2018I wanted to hug whatever remained\u2019: Gaza families\u2019 3-year wait for funeral<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 3 of 3<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/features\/2026\/8\/5\/return-of-goods-to-markets-in-gaza-doesnt-mean-people-can-afford-them\">Return of goods to markets in Gaza doesn\u2019t mean people can afford them<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cA ceasefire that leaves an average of one child dead each and every day is failing children,\u201d said Edouard Beigbeder, UNICEF regional director for the Middle East and North Africa. \u201cChildren in Gaza are still waiting for the end to the violence they were promised.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Families are now confined to about a third of the enclave, sheltering among destroyed buildings, rubble and uncleared waste, the agency said.<\/p>\n<p>Children continue to face acute malnutrition, disease, unsafe water and damaged sanitation, while a shortage of incubators has left some premature newborns sharing machines.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:block;position:relative;min-width:0px;max-width:770px\">\n<\/div>\n<p>Since October 2023, Israel\u2019s genocidal war on Gaza has killed more than 73,300 Palestinians, according to health authorities in the territory.<\/p>\n<p>UNICEF says more than 58,000 children have lost one or both parents, while more than a million children require protection and psychosocial support. The agency has previously estimated that some 17,000 children were unaccompanied or separated from their families, one of the largest child protection crises anywhere. Many families are living through repeated displacement, loss of income and limited access to healthcare, education and protection.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container--ads in-article-ads\">\n<div class=\"ads\"><span class=\"ads__title\"> Advertisement <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In one strike in western Gaza City on August 2, residents recovered <a href=\"\/video\/newsfeed\/2026\/8\/2\/fetus-found-among-the-ruins-of-a-deadly-israeli-strike-on-gaza\">the remains of an unborn baby<\/a> from the rubble after the attack killed a pregnant woman, her husband and their five-year-old son, Al Jazeera reported.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the physical dangers, aid workers describe <a href=\"\/features\/2026\/7\/8\/childhood-on-hold-how-gazas-children-spend-a-summer-without-play\">a generation stripped of childhood.<\/a> With a third summer of war under way, many children spend their days fetching water, queueing for food and gathering firewood rather than playing, while summer camps, art supplies and even paper and pens remain scarce in displacement camps, UNICEF and aid groups say.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:block;position:relative;min-width:0px;max-width:770px\">\n<\/div>\n<p>A UNICEF assessment in May found that young children lacked the safe, stimulating environments needed for early development, and that school-aged children faced prolonged learning disruptions with little prospect of recovery without targeted help.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlay is how children reclaim what war stole from them,\u201d UNICEF\u2019s Palestine communications chief Jonathan Crickx said earlier this year, describing it as essential rather than a luxury.<\/p>\n<p>Beigbeder welcomed recent announcements pointing to steps towards ending hostilities and scaled-up aid. \u201cFor children in Gaza, the test is simple. Does the killing stop? Does aid reach them at scale? Do hospitals reopen and water flow?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>UNICEF this week delivered more than 600 pallets of school supplies and soap ahead of a school year expected to begin within two weeks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ListenListen (3 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Mourners gather around the flag-draped bodies of members of the al-Hasayna and Abu Sharia families, who were killed in an Israeli strike in 2023 and recently recovered from the rubble, during their funeral in Gaza City [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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