Suffering for children ‘horrendous’ in Gaza: UNICEF
Conditions in Gaza are progressively deteriorating as the conflict approaches one year, James Elder, global spokesperson for UNICEF, has told Al Jazeera.
“Every time I come back it gets worse because it’s a cumulative crisis,” he said. “There are continuous denial and restrictions on aid and 85 percent of the Gaza Strip is under some form of evacuation order, which is why these indiscriminate attacks make so many victims.”
Elder said the suffering for children was especially acute. “I’ve seen children with four degrees burns and I didn’t even know that was possible,” he said. “I’ve seen a young buy with burns so severe he didn’t even have skin left to skin graft surgery and the doctors have no aesthetic for him.”
The UNICEF spokesperson added that a military solution would not be possible in Gaza. “It’s going to be a political solution and the sooner we come to that, the sooner we can end the horrendous suffering on women and children,” he said.
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