UNICEF Calls Gaza Ceasefire a'deadly Illusion'
UNICEF says 265 children have been killed since the ceasefire began, as aid restrictions and destroyed services keep Gaza’s humanitarian crisis unresolved.
- On Friday, UNICEF spokesperson James Elder described the Gaza ceasefire as a "deadly illusion," reporting that 265 children have been killed since the fighting was supposed to have stopped.
- Elder noted that children were killed in homes and schools, not war zones, with Israeli forces responsible for the "vast, vast majority — 90 per cent plus" of such fatalities.
- More than 400 children have been injured since the ceasefire began, many with "catastrophic wounds," while trauma affects children's ability to eat, sleep, and develop normally.
- UN emergency relief chief Tom Fletcher reported to the Security Council on Thursday that Israeli denial rates for aid missions into Gaza dropped from 31 per cent to 11 per cent.
- Nearly 1.9 million people are currently displaced in Gaza, with 1.1 million children facing daily uncertainty regarding access to clean water, according to United Nations assessments.
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This Friday, UN Children’s Agency, Unicef, stated that a Palestinian child has died on average a day in Gaza, since the call for a ceasefire with Israel was announced. “During a period supposedly characterized by moderation and protection, a child has died, on average, every day for more than eight months, ” said James Elder, spokesman for the United Nations Children’s Fund, adding that “it is an absurd and devastating figure.” According to the …
UNICEF calls Gaza ceasefire a'deadly illusion'
The ceasefire declared in Gaza more than eight months ago is a "deadly illusion", the UN charged on Friday, with 265 children killed there since the fighting was supposed to have stopped. Despite a ceasefire being declared in October 2025, Israel has continued to launch strikes across Gaza, killing at least 992 Palestinians since then, according to the occupied territory's health ministry, whose figures are considered reliable by the United Nati…
A child killed every day in Gaza on average, 265 since the beginning of the ceasefire in October 2025: this is the terrible reality exposed by UNICEF on Friday, 19 June. The UN agency for the protection of children denounces this truce, which is not one, at the same time as the indifference of the international community.
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