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At slightest 100 children person been killed by Israeli airstrikes and crushed forces successful Gaza since the commencement of a tenuous ceasefire 3 months ago, the United Nations said connected Tuesday (January 13, 2026).
The UN children's bureau UNICEF said that astatine slightest 60 boys and 40 girls had been killed successful the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory since aboriginal October.
"More than 100 children person been killed successful Gaza since the ceasefire," UNICEF spokesperson James Elder told reporters successful Geneva.
"That's astir a miss oregon a lad killed present each time during a ceasefire," helium said, speaking from Gaza City.
"These children are killed from airstrikes, drone strikes, including termination drones. They're killed from vessel shelling. They're killed from unrecorded ammunition. They're killed from quad copters.
"We are astatine 100 — nary doubt," helium said, adding that the existent fig was apt higher.
"A ceasefire that slows the bombs is advancement but 1 that inactive buries children is not enough."
AFP has sought a effect from the Israeli military.
An authoritative astatine Gaza's wellness ministry, which maintains casualty records, has reported a higher fig of 165 children killed during the tenuous ceasefire, retired of a full 442 fatalities.
"Additionally, 7 children person died from vulnerability to acold since the opening of this year," Zaher Al-Wahidi, Director of the Computer Department astatine the Ministry of Health, told AFP.
Mr. Elder stressed that the ongoing Israeli attacks came aft much than 2 years of warfare which has "left beingness for Gaza's children unimaginably hard".
"They inactive unrecorded successful fear. The intelligence harm remains untreated, and it's becoming deeper and harder to heal the longer this goes on," helium said.
In November, authorities successful Gaza said much than 70,000 radical had been killed determination since the opening of the warfare waged by Israel successful effect to Hamas's October 7, 2023, onslaught connected Israel.
Nearly 80% of buildings successful Gaza person been destroyed oregon damaged successful the relentless aerial and crushed offensive, according to UN data.
On January 1, Israel suspended 37 planetary assistance agencies from accessing the Gaza Strip, contempt what the UN said astatine the clip was an "outrageous" move.
"Blocking planetary NGOs, blocking immoderate humanitarian aid... that means blocking life-saving assistance," Mr. Elder stressed connected Monday (January 12, 2026).
While UNICEF had managed to importantly summation assistance entering the densely populated portion since October, helium stressed: "You request partners connected the ground, and it (the aid) inactive doesn't conscionable the need."
"It's intolerable to overstate conscionable however overmuch inactive is required to beryllium done here."
He besides insisted: "When you've got cardinal NGOs banned from delivering humanitarian assistance and from bearing witness, and erstwhile overseas journalists are barred" it begs the question if the purpose is "restricting scrutiny of suffering of children".
