The Israeli-American backed aid distribution process in Gaza has turned into “complete chaos”,  Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Catherine Russell, warned, calling for the UN to be allowed to carry out its mandate in the besieged enclave.

UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) chief Catherine Russell on Thursday decried the killing of nearly 50 children in Israeli air strikes against the Gaza Strip in the past two days.

The United Nations Children’s Fund today criticised emerging plans to take over distribution of humanitarian aid in Gaza floated by both Israel and the United States yesterday, saying that they would increase suffering for children and families, Reuters reports.

The humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip has become catastrophic by all standards, UNICEF spokesperson, Dr Kazem Abu Khalaf, said yesterday.

In a press statement, Abu Khalaf explained that UNICEF is awaiting a report from the special body tasked with assessing food security in Gaza to present the findings. He further emphasized that Israel continues to block the crossings into Gaza, preventing the entry of humanitarian aid, medical supplies, nutritional supplements, and other essential ...

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The UN agency for children has expressed shock over the images emerging from Gaza after the resumption of Israeli strikes calling the condition in the besieged strip as beyond horrifying.

This statement was issued by UNICEF's Middle East and North Africa Regional Director, Edouard Beigbeder, after concluding a four-day mission to the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

The UN agency for children has warned against Israeli aggression affecting nearly 2.4 million Palestinian minors across Gaza, West Bank and East Jerusalem who are deprived of most basic necessities.

According to the website, UNICEF official in Gaza, Rosalia Poulin, reported that 600,000 people regained access to drinking water in November 2024, but it was cut off again.

The UN agency for children’s rights (UNICEF) has warned against critical shortage of water in the besieged Gaza Strip with only 10% of people having access to drinking water.

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The UN agency for children’s rights has released a report on dozens of Palestinian children being killed as a result of the Israeli incessant strikes against the besieged Gaza in the first week after the New Year 2025.

'These preventable deaths lay bare the desperate and deteriorating conditions facing families and children across the Strip for over 14 months,' says official

In a statement released on Saturday regarding the developments in Gaza, Russell stated that the world remains indifferent while Gaza's children are daily victims of violence and deprivation.

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In a statement, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell urged the Israeli occupation authorities to conduct a "prompt investigation" into the circumstances surrounding the attack on one of the organization's staff members on Saturday in Jabalia, northern Gaza.