469 Gaza children killed, over 370,000 need ‘psychosocial aid’ – UNICEF, reports Mahammed Salem in Reuters. Over 3,000 children have been injured in Israel's Operation Protective Edge according to the UN Children's Fund.
“There isn’t a single family in Gaza who hasn’t experienced personally death, injury, the loss of their home, extensive damage, displacement,” Ironside said.
She stressed that while 373,000 Palestinian children are in need of “immediate psychosocial first aid,” UNICEF only has 50 psychologists and counselors on the ground in Gaza. Those specialists were able to reach just 3,000 children.
“The impact has truly been vast, both at a very physical level, in terms of casualties, injuries, the infrastructure that's been damaged, but also importantly, emotionally and psychologically in terms of the destabilizing impact that not knowing, not truly feeling like there is anywhere safe place to go in Gaza,” Ironside said.
“All they want is a sense of safety,” she added. “They basically just want it to stop.”
The total number of Palestinian deaths have exceeded 2,088 the majority of which are claimed to be civilians according to reports from Gaza. 67 Israeli's have been killed, 64 soldiers and 3 civilians.
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