Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Topic: CHILDREN

‘Look at Yazan’: Palestine’s Riyad Mansour tells world to look at children in Gaza at UNGA

Riyad Mansour, Palestine’s representative to the United Nations, told the world to look at the children in Gaza who are losing their lives or limbs, either to starvation imposed by Israel or the bombs it drops on the besieged enclave.

Israel confiscates body of 14-year-old boy, “Palestinian children cannot rest even in death,” says Defense for Children International

Israel has confiscated the body of a 14-year-old Palestinian boy who was killed by Israeli forces near Jerusalem on Monday in the occupied West Bank, the civil society organisation Defense for Children International said.

“Gaza; most dangerous place in world to be a child,” says UNICEF chief

Gaza is “the most dangerous place in the world to be a child”, says the UN Children’s Fund chief.

On Children’s Day, hundreds in Indian cities read names of Gaza children killed by Israel

Hundreds across India came together on Children’s Day, November 14, in both physical and online meetings to read the names of Palestinian children killed by Israel, showcasing a resounding display of solidarity with Palestinians.

Palestinian death toll rises to 700, 140 children among killed by Israel

At least 687 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli shelling in Gaza, including 140 children, the Palestinian health ministry has said in its latest update.

Weather-related disasters displace 43.1 million children in six years: UNICEF

Weather-related disasters forcibly displaced a staggering 43.1 million children across 44 countries over the past six years, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday.