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21,000 children missing in Gaza, according to NGO Save the Children
  • Thousands of children are buried in unbranded graves, trapped in rubble or detained by Israel. 17,000 orphan children have been trapped by attacks by Zionists.
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Save the Children Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) has published a report on the situation of children in Gaza this Monday, warning that nearly 21,000 children have been killed or killed. They have explained that it is "virtually impossible" for the information to be received and verified in the current circumstances in the Gaza Strip. They call for an independent investigation to be carried out and for responsibilities to be shared between those responsible for it.

Over 14,000 children have been killed in the last eight months by attacks by Zionists. Some 17,000 orphans have remained, and at least 4,000 children are lost, trapped under the rubble of the houses. “We don’t know the number of children buried in mass graves,” says the NGO.

UNRWA High Commissioner Philippe Lazzarini has warned that 625,000 seriously traumatized children live in Gaza in the conflict. He has said that he is dying for lack of food and water, "while food is waiting in the trucks," without being able to enter Gaza. Lazzarini has denounced that there is "catastrophic hunger."

The head of the Middle East at Save the Children, Jeremy Stoner, said that “families are torturing without news from their relatives. Parents should not be recording waste in search of their children’s corpses.”

Non-accessible health care

The NGO Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has denounced that since the end of April it has not been possible to introduce health supplies in Gaza, medicines or any other necessary element. Since the Rafah crossing at the beginning of May was invaded by the Zionists, humanitarian aid has been hampered. Médecins Sans Frontières has denounced “the endless bureaucracy imposed by Israeli occupiers.”

Most health centres in Gaza are completely destroyed, the few in operation are severely damaged and activity has been drastically reduced, according to the Ministry of Health. Many doctors in Gaza have warned that among the wounded there is a "terrible" mortality because the lack of supplies has made it "impossible" to care for the sick.