A "tragic...entirely avoidable surge" in child deaths is expected in Gaza where some 160 youngsters are already being killed every day, UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday, after six weeks of aerial bombardment by Israeli forces in response to the 7 October Hamas terror attacks on southern Israel that claimed 1,200 lives and some 240 hostages.
"About 160 children are killed every day; that's one every 10 minutes," said UN World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson Christian Lindmeier, echoing concerns from the UN Children's Fund about the serious additional threat of a mass disease outbreak in the enclave.
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