From: NewsFeed
UNICEF tells Al Jazeera what Gaza urgently needs but doesn’t have
As Gaza’s displaced Palestinians suffer from winter storms, UNICEF explains the basic needs essential to save children.
![Palestinians shove to receive food portions from a charity kitchen in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Aug. 27, 2025. The UN officially declared a famine in Gaza on August 22, blaming the "systematic obstruction" of aid by Israel during more than 22 months of war. The Rome-based Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Initiative (IPC) said famine was affecting 500,000 people in Gaza governorate, which covers about a fifth of the Palestinian territory including Gaza City. [AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/image-1756494449.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Internally displaced Palestinians, including children, hold pots as they gather to receive food from a charity kitchen in Gaza City, the Gaza Strip on August 4, 2025 [File: Mohammed Saber/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/13242027-1754389709.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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UNICEF worker describes attack on Gaza aid convoy
UNICEF says one of its vehicles came under fire during an attempted aid delivery to northern Gaza.
Published On 11 Apr 2024
UNICEF says 700,000 children in Sudan face life-threatening malnutrition
As the war continues, the UN agency warns tens of thousands of children will ‘likely die’ without more aid.
UN estimates 17,000 Gaza children separated from families amid Israel’s war
More than one million children in the besieged Gaza Strip now require mental health support, UNICEF says.
![Palestinian children cook a meal among tents for displaced people while Israel's attacks on Gaza continue [Abed Zagout/Anadolu Agency]](/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AA-20240119-33477262-33477256-DAILY_LIFE_IN_GAZA_IN_THE_SHADOW_OF_WAR-1705653421.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
‘Barely a drop’: UN warns water shortages a deadly risk for Gaza children
Water and sanitation services are at the point of collapse with large-scale disease outbreaks looming, UNICEF warns.
![Displaced Palestinian children lack access to clean water says UNICEF, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas [Bassam Masoud/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2023-12-08T145414Z_119060052_RC2XS4ANFXZ0_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-GAZA-KHAN-YOUNIS-DISPLACED-1703065870-e1703070008641.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Is Israel’s Gaza war the deadliest conflict for children in modern times?
Many more children have been killed in Gaza every day compared with Ukraine, Afghanistan, Iraq, other conflict zones.
Gaza a ‘graveyard’ for children, a ‘living hell’ for everyone else
According to UNICEF, an average of 420 Palestinian children killed or injured every day in Gaza Strip since October 7.
![Medics treat three wounded Palestinian children at Al-Aqsa Hospital following an Israeli air attack, in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on October 24 [Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/GettyImages-1742667356-1698402951.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Escalating Sudan fighting puts millions of children at risk
Nine children have been killed and more than 50 wounded since the conflict broke out on Saturday, UNICEF says.
