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Gaza: A ceasefire that still kills children is not enough, says UNICEF

·January 13, 2026·2 min read

“That’s roughly a girl or a boy killed here every day during a ceasefire,” UNICEF spokesperson James Elder told reporters in Geneva. “These children are killed from airstrikes, drone strikes, including suicide drones,” he said, speaking from Gaza City. “They’re killed from tank shelling, they’re killed from live ammunition, they’re...

Another child dies in extreme conditions in Gaza: UNICEF

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·December 31, 2025·3 min read

In a statement, UNICEF identified the latest victim as seven-year-old Ata Mai; he drowned on 27 December during “severe flooding” in an improvised camp for internally displaced people in Sudaniyeh, northwest Gaza City. He is just the latest child in Gaza to succumb amid “extreme winter conditions and lack of...

Sexual violence against children ‘entrenched, systemic and widespread’ across DR Congo, UNICEF warns

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·December 31, 2025·3 min read

The surge is unfolding against the backdrop of escalating conflict in eastern DRC, where renewed fighting has triggered mass displacement, eroded protection systems and deepened an already severe humanitarian crisis – placing children at heightened risk of abuse, exploitation and lasting trauma. UNICEF has repeatedly called for an immediate cessation...

World News in Brief: Gaza winter storm, $7 billion UNICEF appeal, support for emergency response fund

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·December 11, 2025·2 min read

Following two years of war, most of Gaza’s roughly two million residents are living in makeshift shelters. Humanitarians are working to deliver assistance to communities in flood-prone areas, including by scaling up distribution of winter clothes for children from 5,000 kits a day to 8,000. UN partners leading winter preparedness efforts reported that some 200 families have left shoreline communities for a new site identified by...

Gaza: Two children killed every day during fragile ceasefire, says UNICEF

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·November 22, 2025·3 min read

“Yesterday morning, a baby girl was reportedly killed in Khan Younis by an airstrike, while the day before, seven children were killed in Gaza City and the south,” said Ricardo Pires, spokesperson for the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF. What to know UNICEF says 67 children have been killed during the...

UNICEF aid trucks robbed at gunpoint in Gaza City

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·September 20, 2025·2 min read

The appeal comes a day after “armed individuals” robbed four UNICEF trucks carrying desperately needed Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF). The incident occurred outside its compound in Gaza City, where an Israeli military offensive is escalating. Nearly 3,000 children impacted “The individuals commandeered the drivers at gun point and diverted the...

The ‘unthinkable’ is underway in Gaza City, UNICEF warns

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·September 8, 2025·4 min read

Tess Ingram, Communication Manager for UNICEF’s Middle East and North Africa Regional Office, recently spent nine days there, describing it as “a city of fear, flight and funerals.” “The last refuge for families in the northern Gaza Strip is fast becoming a place where childhood cannot survive,” she said, speaking...

Syria: UNICEF calls for safe access to children in Sweida as needs mount

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·August 17, 2025·1 min read

Deadly sectarian clashes erupted in the southern governorate, also known as As-Sweida, in July and early August and children and families continue to feel the impact. At least 22 children reportedly were killed and another 21 injured in the violence, which caused significant damage to civilian infrastructure. More than 190,000...

Cholera spreads in North Darfur, 640,000 children under threat, UNICEF warns

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·August 4, 2025·2 min read

More than 1,180 cholera cases – including an estimated 300 in children – and at least 20 deaths have been reported in Tawila, a town that has absorbed over half a million people fleeing violence since April. Across the wider Darfur region, the toll is even more alarming: nearly 2,140...

Gaza: UNICEF mourns seven children killed queuing for water

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·July 15, 2025·2 min read

The incident occurred in central Gaza on Sunday, according to media reports, which said that four other people also lost their lives due to the Israeli airstrike. The Israeli military said it had been targeting a terrorist but a “technical error” saw the munition stray off course. Uphold protection of...

UNICEF deplores ‘unconscionable’ killing of families lining up for aid in Gaza

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·July 10, 2025·3 min read

Catherine Russell said she was appalled by the reported killing of 15 Palestinians, including nine children and four women, who were waiting in line for nutritional supplements provided by Project Hope, a UNICEF partner organization. The incident occurred in Deir Al-Balah. An additional 30 people were injured, including 19 children....

Children’s lives ‘turned upside down’ by wars across Middle East, North Africa, warns UNICEF

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·July 7, 2025·1 min read

Alarmingly, 110 million children in the region live in countries affected by war, with homes, schools and health facilities damaged or destroyed in fighting. “A child’s life is being turned upside down the equivalent of every five seconds due to the conflicts in the region,” said Edouard Beigbeder, UNICEF Regional...