<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0gd8aG_0wPez1MJ00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0gd8aG_0wPez1MJ00" width="1500" height="1000" ><figcaption>A protestor in support of Palestinians holds cloth sheets made to resemble deceased children during a march on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023. (Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press via AP) </figcaption></figure> With <a href="https://www.savethechildren.net/news/israel-s-siege-now-blocks-83-food-aid-reaching-gaza-new-data-reveals" rel="nofollow"> no aid reaching northern Gaza </a> and Israeli attacks continuing on a daily basis, occupied Palestine is considered the deadliest place in the world for children, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Children ( <a href="https://www.unocha.org/news/todays-top-news-occupied-palestinian-territory-9" rel="nofollow"> OCHA </a> ). <a href="https://www.unocha.org/news/todays-top-news-occupied-palestinian-territory-9" rel="nofollow"> OCHA </a> found that children in the occupied territories face constant exposure to violence, a lack of access to adequate healthcare and the highest rates of child malnutrition globally — with 83% of required food aid unable to make it into Gaza. As of the latest data analyzed in October, about <a href="https://www.savethechildren.net/news/gaza-least-3100-children-aged-under-five-killed-others-risk-famine-looms" rel="nofollow"> 30% of the 11,300 </a> identified children killed in Gaza between October 2023 to August 2024 were younger than five, thousands of others have yet to be identified. Gaza currently also has the highest rates of child malnutrition globally. The increased spread of disease, famine and malnutrition coupled with child casualties has contributed to Gaza also having the highest number of children killed during conflict in the past four years alone.. “This war is a war on children. It is a war on their childhood and their future,” said UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini <a href="https://turkiye.un.org/en/263401-gaza-number-children-killed-higher-four-years-world-conflict" rel="nofollow"> in a statement on X </a> while calling for a ceasefire. Children account for two out of every five civilian deaths in Gaza, according to Jason Lee, <a href="https://www.savethechildren.org/us/about-us/media-and-news/2023-press-releases/gaza--3-195-children-killed-in-three-weeks" rel="nofollow"> Save the Children </a> ’s director for the Palestinian territories. The actual number is expected to be much higher, as the statistic does not include the thousands trapped under rubble who remain missing. New analysis by <a href="https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/more-women-and-children-killed-gaza-israeli-military-any-other-recent-conflict" rel="nofollow"> Oxfam </a> has revealed that more women and children have been killed in Gaza by Israeli forces in the last year than in any recent conflict over a single year. Oxfam’s study analyzed data over nearly two decades from the UN and Small Arms Survey, with data from <a href="https://aoav.org.uk/2024/more-women-and-children-killed-in-gaza-by-israeli-military-than-any-other-recent-conflict-oxfam-and-aoav-report/" rel="nofollow"> AOAV </a> , which shows that Israeli explosive weapons struck civilian infrastructure in Gaza once every three hours on average since the conflict began. More than 25,000 children have either lost a parent or become orphans over the past year. One of ten have lost a limb or suffer from severe injuries or disabilities. Since Oct. 7, at least 42,438 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, with 99,246 individuals wounded, the majority of whom are women and children, <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/10/17/live-food-running-out-dozens-buried-in-gazas-jabalia-amid-israeli-siege" rel="nofollow"> Al Jazeera </a> reported. “As we sit here today, 1.2 million children are deprived of education. Their public schools have either been rendered inaccessible, have been damaged by the war or are being used as shelters,” Ted Chaiban, UNICEF’s deputy executive director for humanitarian actions, said per <a href="https://apnews.com/article/school-children-lebanon-israel-war-education-1fc33f1878ac4f94b3000e8380797d8f" rel="nofollow"> the Associated Press </a> . “The last thing this country needs, in addition to everything else it has gone through, is the risk of a lost generation.” </div></body>

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Occupied Palestine becomes the deadliest place in the world for children, according to U.N. officials

As of the latest data analyzed in October, about 30% of the 11,300 identified children killed in Gaza between October 2023 to August 2024 were younger than five, thousands of others have yet to be identified. Gaza currently also has the highest rates of child malnutrition globally.