The agency said: “Protecting civilians in times of conflict is not an aspiration or an ideal. It is the responsibility of our shared humanity. Civilians must be protected wherever they are.”…

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) confirmed that “one child is killed and two children are injured every 10 minutes at an average rate in the Gaza Strip,” which has been subjected to intense attacks by Israel since October 7.

This was stated in a post on the UNRWA account on the X platform, on Monday.

The agency said: “Protecting civilians in times of conflict is not an aspiration or an ideal. It is the responsibility of our common humanity. Civilians must be protected wherever they are.”

Today, Monday, the Israeli army bombed the third floor of the Rantissi Hospital for Children, west of Gaza City. A spokesman for the Ministry of Health in Gaza said: Israel deliberately targeted the water and solar energy tanks in the Rantissi Hospital, exposing the lives of about 7,000 patients, medical staff, and displaced persons to death of thirst.

For more than a month, the Israeli army has been waging a “destructive war” on Gaza, in which 10,022 Palestinians were martyred, including 4,104 children and 2,641 women, and more than 25,000 others were injured. 153 Palestinians were killed and 2,150 were arrested in the West Bank, according to official Palestinian sources.