A child is seen among the rubble of destroyed buildings as Israeli airstrikes continue in the 19th day in Khan Yunis, Gaza. (Photo by Belal Khaled/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Wounded Palestinian child, injured following Israeli air raids seen at Al-Shifa Hospital. (Photo by Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images)
Children now make up 40% of the more than 8,000 people killed in Gaza since Oct. 7, when Israel declared war on Hamas, according to the charity.
Injured Palestinians taken to Al-Shifa Hospital following Israeli airstrike on Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City. (Photo by Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images)
A further 1,000 children are missing and assumed to be buried under the rubble.
A girl walks amid the rubble of residential buildings after Israeli airstrikes at al-Zahra neighborhood in Gaza Strip. (Photo by Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu via Getty Images)
And another at least 6,360 children in Gaza have been injured.
Children collect water from a public water collection point, as raging battles between Israel and the Hamas movement continue for the sixth consecutive day in Gaza City. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images)
But according to the UN, a third of hospitals across the Gaza Strip are no longer operational due to power cuts and Israel placing Gaza under a “total siege” and blocking food, water, fuel and medicine from entering.
A young girl stands inside one of the tents set up for Palestinians seeking refuge on the grounds of a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) centre in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)
Rights and humanitarian groups are calling for an immediate ceasefire to save lives.
