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More than 10 children on average have lost one or both of their legs every day in Gaza since October 7, with many of the amputations carried out without anesthesia. This is what the charity Save the Children declared, referring to the statistics released by the United Nations. .
" The suffering of children in this conflict is unimaginable and even more so because it is unnecessary and completely avoidable. Killing and maiming children is condemned as a serious crime against children and the perpetrators must be held accountable ," said Jason Lee, Save the Children's Director for the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Lee said he has seen doctors and nurses completely overwhelmed when children come in with blast wounds.
"The impact of seeing children in so much pain and having no equipment, drugs to treat them or ease the pain is too much for even seasoned professionals. Even in a war zone, the sights and sounds of a young child crippled by the bomb cannot be normal much less understood within the limits of humanity ," said Lee.
In its statement, the charity referred to remarks by UNICEF spokesman James Elder, who, after returning from Gaza, said on December 19 that around 1,000 children in Gaza had lost one or both of their legs since 7 October, as hospitals are overwhelmed with children and parents bearing the ghastly wounds of war.
Save the Children also referred to a World Health Organization statement in which the agency said many of these operations on children in Gaza were performed without anesthesia, as the enclave is facing severe shortages of drugs and medical supplies.
The charity said children are almost seven times more likely to die from blast injuries than adults as they are more vulnerable and susceptible to injury.
" Their skulls are not yet fully formed and their underdeveloped muscles offer less protection, so an explosion is more likely to tear apart the organs in their abdomens, even when there is no obvious damage. If the international community does not take action to uphold their responsibilities under International Humanitarian Law and prevent the most serious crimes of international concern, history will and must judge us all. Only a final ceasefire would end the killing and maiming of civilians and allow desperately needed humanitarian aid to reach Gaza, including critical medicine for injured children ," he concluded.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have repeatedly said they are not targeting civilians and that the terrorist group Hamas uses civilian infrastructure, including hospitals, as shields for its attacks on Israel.
The Hamas-run Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said Sunday that at least 22,835 Palestinians have been killed and at least 58,416 wounded in Gaza since Oct. 7./CNN
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