Half of Gaza's 2.3 million Palestinian population is under the age of 18 and already suffering from mental health challenges due to Israel's 16-year long blockade.
Palestinians remove a dead body from the rubble of a building after an Israeli airstrike Jebaliya refugee camp, besieged Gaza. / Photo: AP
Children in Palestine's Gaza are increasingly at risk as the besieged enclave enters a sixth straight day under Israel’s bombardment, which has killed over 1,200 Palestinians and injured at least 5,600, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health."Today, all of the patients we received at our clinic in Gaza City were children between 10 and 14," Ayman Al-Djaroucha, deputy project coordinator for Doctors Without Borders in Gaza,With a population of about 2.
Israeli forces launched the attack on Gaza after Hamas fighters breached Israel’s high-tech security fence on Saturday morning while launching thousands of rockets into the country’s south and raiding dozens of Israeli settlements close to Gaza.to Israel’s desecration of Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem and for increased state-sanctioned Israeli settler violence across occupied Palestinian territory.
Spokesperson for Doctors Without Borders Brienne Prusak said:"We're seeing shortages of water, electricity, fuel and essential medical supplies in hospitals, and our emergency stocks on the ground are limited and will run out quickly if we can't bring in medical equipment and medicines."reported that four out of five children in Gaza say they are living with depression, grief and fear under Israel’s brutal blockade.
As fighting continues on both sides, Israel has vowed to increase the severity of its attack on Gaza, with Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant saying on Wednesday: “We started the offensive from the air, later on we will also come from the ground. We’ve been controlling the area since day two and we are on the offensive. It will only intensify.”
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