Translated from Arabic Shocking and Painful… Numbers from Gaza’s Hell
534 Days of Israeli Aggression on Gaza
- Children in the Line of Fire:
• 274 infants were born and martyred under bombardment
• 876 children under the age of one were killed
• 17 children died from the cold in displacement tents
• 52 children died from hunger and malnutrition
- Victims Without a Trace:
• Over 11,200 missing, 70% of them women and children
- Unrelenting Repression:
• 1,055 children detained since the beginning of the war
• The occupation still holds more than 350 children as prisoners
- The Orphanhood Tragedy:
• 39,000 orphans – the largest orphan crisis in modern history
• Among them, 17,000 lost both parents
- Lifelong Disabilities:
• 15 children per day suffer permanent disabilities
• 7,065 children seriously injured
• 4,700 amputations, 18% of them children (846 cases)
- Newborns at Risk:
• 7,700 infants face death due to lack of care
• Polio vaccination rates have dropped from 99% to 86%
- Unprecedented Famine:
• 1.95 million suffering from acute food insecurity
• 345,000 in catastrophic phase (IPC 5)
• 60,000 children suffering from acute malnutrition
• 12,000 cases of severe acute malnutrition
• 16,500 pregnant and nursing women in need of nutritional treatment
- Systematic Destruction of Education:
• 111 public schools completely destroyed
• 241 public schools severely damaged
• 89 UNRWA schools bombed and vandalized
• 700,000 students deprived of education
• 39,000 students unable to take their final secondary exams
- Human Losses in the Education Sector:
• 12,441 students martyred
• 519 teachers martyred
• 19,819 students injured
• 2,703 teachers injured
• Schooling halted for 300 school days
• 298,000 students in remote learning face obstacles due to lack of electricity and internet
Source: Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
