UNICEF: “The lives of one million children in Gaza are hanging by a thread, with health services for children almost collapsing across the Strip.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said that the lives of one million children in Gaza are "hanging by a thread" with health services for children almost collapsing across the Strip.

UNICEF added in a statement, Friday evening, on her website, “The almost complete collapse of medical and health care services throughout the Gaza Strip, especially the northern regions, threatens the life of every child in the Strip.”

UNICEF: explained: “During the past 24 hours, medical care in Al-Rantissi and Al-Nasr Children’s Hospitals almost stopped, as there was only a small generator supplying energy to the intensive care and neonatal intensive care units.”

UNICEF: continued: “There are reports of attacks and intense hostilities near Al-Rantisi Hospital, where, according to reports, there are children undergoing dialysis and in intensive care.”

Reports said that Al-Nasr Children's Hospital was damaged again yesterday (Thursday) in an attack, including life-saving equipment. Another children's hospital in the north has already stopped operating due to damage and lack of fuel, and a specialized maternity hospital is in dire need of fuel to continue its work.”

“Children are being deprived of their right to life and health,” said Adele Khodour, UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa. “Protecting hospitals and delivering life-saving medical supplies is a duty under the laws of war, and both are required now.”

The population of Gaza belongs to an unusually young group, as UNICEF estimates indicate that there are approximately one million children living in the Gaza Strip, which means that approximately half of Gaza’s population are children.

For 35 days, the Israeli occupation army has been waging its devastating air, land and sea war on Gaza, during which it annihilated entire residential neighborhoods on top of their residents, killed 11,078 Palestinians, including 4,506 children, 3,027 women, and 678 elderly people, and injured 27,490 with various injuries.