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ESCALATING IN
CAMPS AS 250,000
PEOPLE, MOSTLY

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CHILDREN, RETURN
TO AFGHANISTAN
FROM PAKISTAN

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17 NOVEMBER 2023

KILLED IN CONFLICT
HORN OF AFRICA:
OVER 100 KILLED
AND 700,000

ZONES SINCE 2019

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NINO RAINS AS
REGION BRACES
FOR MORE WILD
WEATHER
16 NOVEMBER 2023

SAVE THE
CHILDREN CALLS
FOR URGENT
INVESTIGATION
AFTER AT LEAST 70
CIVILIANS,
INCLUDING
CHILDREN, KILLED
IN BURKINA FASO
MASSACRE
15 NOVEMBER 2023

BORN INTO WAR:

ABOUT 15,000
Children are always the first to suffer in any conflict – the stories BABIES EXPECTED
TO BE BORN INTO
coming out of Israel and the oPt is the stuff of nightmares. Children are CRISIS IN GAZA BY
END OF 2023
paying the highest price for a conflict they have no part in. Help us
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OPERATIONS IN
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RAMALLAH, 29 October – The number of children reported killed
13 NOVEMBER 2023
in Gaza in just three weeks has surpassed the annual number of
children killed across the world's conflict zones since 2019, Save
the Children said.

Since October 7, more than 3,257 children have been reported

killed, including at least 3,195 in Gaza, 33 in the West Bank, and 29
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in Israel, according to the Ministries of Health in Gaza and Israel
 respectively. The number of children reported killed in just three
weeks in Gaza is more than the number killed in armed conflict
globally – across more than 20 countries – over the course of a
whole year, for the last three years.

Children make up more than 40% of the 7,703 people killed in

Gaza, and more than a third of all fatalities across the occupied
Palestinian territory and Israel. With a further 1,000 children
reported missing in Gaza assumed buried under the rubble, the
death toll is likely much higher.

On Friday, Israeli forces announced “expanded ground operations”

in the Gaza Strip, with Save the Children warning it will bring more
deaths, injuries and distress while calling for an immediate
ceasefire.

Save the Children Country Director in the occupied Palestinian

territory Jason Lee, said:

“Three weeks of violence have ripped children from families and torn
through their lives at an unimaginable rate. The numbers are harrowing
and with violence not only continuing but expanding in Gaza right now,
many more children remain at grave risk.

"One child’s death is one too many, but these are grave violations of epic
proportions. A ceasefire is the only way to ensure their safety. The
international community must put people before politics – every day
spent debating is leaving children killed and injured. Children must be
protected at all times, especially when they are seeking safety in schools
and hospitals.”

It is reported that at least 6,360 children in Gaza have also been

injured, as well as at least 180 children in the West Bank, and at
least 74 children in Israel. More than 200 individuals, including
children, remain hostages inside Gaza.

The risk of children dying from injuries has never been higher, with
the UN reporting that a third of hospitals across the Gaza Strip are
no longer operational due to electricity cuts and a “total siege” by
the Government of Israel blocking entry of goods such as fuel and
medicine. According to Medecins Sans Frontiers/Doctors without
Borders, resulting anaesthesia shortages have meant amputating
children without pain relief.

Save the Children is gravely concerned that the unfolding expanded

ground operation in Gaza by Israeli forces will unavoidably result in
more child casualties, with children’s bodies particularly vulnerable
to the explosive weaponry.

Save the Children calls for an immediate ceasefire. We call on all

parties to the conflict to take immediate steps to protect the lives
of children, and on the international community to support those
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efforts, as is their obligation.
 ENDS

Notes to Editor:

According to the last three Annual Reports of the UN

Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict, a total of
2,985 children were killed across 24 countries in 2022, 2,515
in 2021 and 2,674 in 2020 across 22 countries. In 2019, 4,019
children were killed.
At least 74 children in Israel have been reported injured,
according to Israeli media.
Save the Children is an independent, impartial organisation.
With the ongoing complete siege of Gaza, journalists and
international organisations are not able to get access to Gaza
to verify independently and provide updated data on the
impact of ongoing bombardment on the civilian
population. Save the Children, in line with OCHA updates,
is currently relying on data from the Israeli Ministry of Health
for casualties in Israel and from the Gaza Ministry of Health
for casualties inside Gaza. Due to the current situation,
information and numbers provided by both ministries cannot
be verified independently.

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