“I still have shrapnel inside my body that they couldn’t remove.” Abed Al Rahman, 13, recounts to UNICEF Spokesperson James Elder what happened at an aid distribution point in Gaza. Humanitarian aid must be delivered with neutrality, independence and impartiality.
is recently back from Gaza. He tells me the humanitarian situation there is “everything that the international community ever feared, but worse somehow: no aid and more attacks on civilian areas.”
“Children – deeply unwell children – are being denied the medical care that could save them in Gaza, and then prevented from leaving to places where help awaits.” Full remarks from UNICEF’s @1james_elder
on lethal delays in medical evacuation: https://uni.cf/3NHotby
@UNGeneva “When rules continue to be broken, whatever name is given to them, when we see international humanitarian law continuously broken with impunity, you are getting a new generation growing up in the world where injustice, what is happening in #Gaza, is normalized.” – @1james_elder
@UNICEF
·At least a dozen more children in Gaza have been reportedly killed in recent airstrikes, including on so-called “safe zones”, schools-turned-shelters, and hospitals attacked. This suffering needs to end. Every delay in action will cost more lives of children. Ceasefire NOW.
“It is unacceptable that we are seeing more and more children caught in the crossfire. This cannot be the new normal.” – Liam Neeson, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. No more excuses. Join us in calling on world leaders to #ProtectChildrenInConflict.
