UNICEF spokesperson Ricardo Peiris stated that since the ceasefire agreement came into effect in Gaza on October 11, “an average of two children are killed daily in the territory as a result of Israeli attacks.”

During his weekly press conference at the United Nations office in Geneva yesterday, Peiris noted that “despite the ceasefire, a girl was killed the day before yesterday, Thursday, in an Israeli airstrike on Khan Younis in southern Gaza, and the day prior, seven children were killed in Gaza City.”

He added that “since the ceasefire came into effect on October 11, at least 67 children have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza, and dozens more have been injured. This means that the death rate has averaged two children per day since the truce began.”

Peiris emphasized that “these numbers are not just statistics; each figure represents a child with a family and dreams,” stressing that “a harsh reality is being imposed on the children of Gaza, there is no safe place for them, and the world cannot continue to normalize their suffering.”

He also pointed out that UNICEF is carrying out extensive interventions in Gaza, though they remain insufficient, adding: “If aid and support were delivered faster and more effectively, we could do more.”

Peiris explained that “hundreds of thousands of children are living in tents and facing harsh winter conditions, with children in Gaza spending nights without heating, thermal insulation, or blankets, which exposes them to severe cold.”