{"id":133397,"date":"2018-05-04T16:10:18","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T16:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=133397"},"modified":"2018-05-18T11:25:31","modified_gmt":"2018-05-18T15:25:31","slug":"unicef-issues-statement-renewing-call-to-keep-children-in-gaza-out-of-harms-way","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/unicef-issues-statement-renewing-call-to-keep-children-in-gaza-out-of-harms-way\/","title":{"rendered":"UNICEF Issues Statement Renewing Call to Keep Children in Gaza Out of Harm’s Way"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

UNICEF STATE ARABIC_040518<\/a><\/p>\n

AMMAN, 4 May, 2018 – \u201cOver the past five weeks, five children were killed and hundreds were injured in largely peaceful protests in Gaza.<\/p>\n

\u201cPower cuts and shortages of fuel, medicine and equipment are straining an already fragile health system and complicating access to treatment for the injured.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition to physical injuries, children are showing signs of severe distress and trauma.<\/p>\n

\u201cYesterday, our UNICEF Special Representative visited a 14-year-old boy who suffered a gunshot wound, causing a severe injury close to his heart. He is now home recovering after being in hospital for two weeks. It is hard for him to be optimistic through the pain, but when he gets better, he wants to be a doctor, like the ones who helped him survive.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe escalating violence in Gaza has exacerbated the suffering of children whose lives have already been unbearably difficult for several years. Half of all children depend on humanitarian assistance, and one in four needs psychosocial care.<\/p>\n

\u201cSchools are overcrowded and operating on triple shifts, limiting children\u2019s learning prospects.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe minimal power supply in Gaza has disrupted water and sanitation services, severely reducing the availability of drinking water \u2013 nine out of 10 families do not have regular access to safe water.<\/p>\n

\u201cUNICEF continues its lifesaving assistance for children in health, water, sanitation, hygiene, education and protection.<\/p>\n

\u201cUNICEF renews its calls for all those with influence to protect children and keep them out of harm\u2019s way. Children belong in schools, homes and playgrounds \u2013 they should never be targeted or encouraged to participate in violence.\u201d<\/p>\n

About UNICEF<\/strong><\/p>\n

UNICEF works in some of the world\u2019s toughest places, to reach the world\u2019s most disadvantaged children. Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, to build a better world for everyone.<\/p>\n

For more information contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Juliette Touma, UNICEF Regional Office, Amman + 962-79-867-4628,\u00a0jtouma@unicef.org<\/a>\u00a0Tamara Kummer, UNICEF MENA Regional Office\/State of Palestine +972 5477 87 625; +962 797 588 550,\u00a0tkummer@unicef.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UNICEF STATE ARABIC_040518 AMMAN, 4 May, 2018 – \u201cOver the past five weeks, five children were killed and hundreds were injured in largely peaceful protests in Gaza. \u201cPower cuts and shortages of fuel, medicine and equipment are straining an already fragile health system and complicating access to treatment for the injured. \u201cIn addition to physical […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[2437,1329,1338],"document-source":[2105],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[1829,2033,2005,5033],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[6544,6542],"class_list":["post-133397","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-arabic-text","document-category-press-release","document-category-statement","document-source-united-nations-childrens-fund-unicef","document-subject-casualties","document-subject-children","document-subject-gaza-strip","document-subject-protests","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-arabic","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/133397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/133397\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=133397"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=133397"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=133397"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=133397"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=133397"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=133397"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=133397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}