Source: UNICEF Aotearoa NZ
The airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on March 18 represent the largest single-day child death toll in the region in the last year, with over 130 children reportedly killed. Hundreds of people – families and children – have died and many others have been injured. It is horrifying to consider a resumption in fighting in the Gaza Strip. UNICEF urges all parties to reinstate the ceasefire immediately. There is, again, nowhere safe, in the Gaza Strip. One million children, traumatized by more than 15 months of war, are plunged back into fear and hell today. The ceasefire must be reinstated and sustained, all hostages must be released and reunited with their families, and international humanitarian law must be respected, including allowing humanitarian aid in immediately. The lives of one million children are at stake.
