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War between Hamas and Israel: “The Gaza Strip has become a cemetery for children,” laments Jonathan Crickx, UNICEF communications director for Palestine
Fighting still rages in Gaza. Children are victims of attacks, but also of famine and malnutrition. Jonathan Crickx, Unicef communications director for Palestine, is the guest of 12/13 info to talk about it.
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Fighting still rages in Gaza. Children are victims of attacks, but also of famine and malnutrition. Jonathan Crickx, Unicef communications director for Palestine, is the guest of 12/13 info to talk about it.
As fighting rages in Gaza, theUnicef sounds the alarm about the risk of famine. Its communications director for Palestine, Jonathan Crickx, is the guest of 12/13 info. “The situation in the Gaza Strip is an absolutely horrible situation”, he assures. According to him, as heUnicef had already noted it in November-December, “The Gaza Strip has become a cemetery for children”.
UNICEF advocates rapid arrival of humanitarian aid
The communications director regrets that “children are paying the high price in this escalation of hostilities”. Children are dying, not only as part of this violence, but “there are also more and more alarming reports on issues of malnutrition”. According to him, “more than 15% of children in the northern Gaza Strip are affected by severe malnutrition and 3% of them are affected by the most dangerous form”. L’Unicef therefore advocates the rapid arrival of humanitarian aid to the most vulnerable populations.
