In a devastating turn-of-events Catherine Russell from UNICEF confirmed that over 50 children lost their lives in northern Gazas Jabalya district this weekend. Two residential buildings serving as make-shift shelters became targets of military action‚ resulting in numerous casualties
The situation in the area has become life-threatening: disease food-shortages and military operations put the whole population at risk. UNICEFʼs on-ground assessment shows that young residents face the most severe impact from these conditions
The entire population particularly children are at immediate risk of death from multiple causes
Local emergency services continue their work in hard-hit areas while the Israel Defense Forces hasnʼt provided any feed-back about the incident. The buildings housed hundreds of people seeking safety from the on-going conflict; many families with kids chose these locations as temporary safe-spots