Summary: Civilian casualty rate has risen with each day so far. Children are bearing the greatest brunt of this terrible conflict. Over 168 children have died already, and 1,100 children have been seriously injured, maimed or burned. Children are gathering around the main emergency hospital, many of them with no surviving relatives. They're also gathering in mosques, in orthodox churches, and in school compounds, before just U.N., but now public schools. Some U.N. schools have reached their capacity of 120,000 people. The vast majority of people in each compound are children, around 1,400. In one alone, Pernille Ironside counted 152 children under the age of 2. 70 percent of the population do not have access to safe water. Water wells have been directly hit, and forty percent of Gaza's sewage is flowing into the Mediterranean. Emergency psycho-social teams are reaching out to families who've lost loved ones in order to provide them some immediate coping skills. All in all, a lot of work needs to be done in Gaza as of September 23.
Analysis: It's terrible that so many citizens have been not only separated from their homes and lives, but also deprived of water and proper shelter, all while coping with the deaths of their families. The fact that so many children have to deal with these things too, at such a young age, is frightening. Hopefully workers are able to provide better shelter and clean water soon to those in need in Gaza.
Source: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/safe-places-children-gaza-unicef-officer-says/
This sounds awful! They don't say these kind of important issues on the news I think anymore. The wars need to end, for the sake of the people living along the Gaza strip.
ReplyDeleteI agree with belle things as important as this normally don't make it on the news and it should. . I hate war!
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