JAKARTA - One in three children in the Gaza Strip had not eaten at all in the past 24 hours amid severe food shortages due to the Israeli blockade, the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) reported.
In a UNRWA statement citing the results of a quick assessment by the International Rescue Committee that found many children in Gaza not eating all day.
Reported by ANTARA from WAFA, Friday, September 26, UNRWA said the humanitarian crisis there made children suffer greatly. Many families struggle to survive in conditions of shortcoming, which forced some children to work or beg.
The UN agency said the psychological and physical impacts of hunger and ongoing war had posed serious risks to children's health, safety, and development.
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UNRWA stressed the immediate ceasefire in Gaza was important to protect the lives and well-being of children and vulnerable groups.
Without a swift action from the international community, the humanitarian crisis experienced by Gaza's children could worsen, the agency said.
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