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Forgotten generation: After one year of conflict, the IRC warns of the life-long impacts for Gaza’s children
www.rescue.org- About 17,000 children are estimated to be unaccompanied or separated from parents and caregivers. The IRC thinks this figure could be three times as high (51,000).
- Frequent Israeli evacuation orders, detentions, and attacks have contributed to more families being separated in Gaza over the past few months.
- Some children have been found living alone in hospitals.
- Unaccompanied and separated children face high risks of child labor, exploitation, neglect, starvation, and long-term mental health impacts.
- Every child, parent, and caregiver in Gaza is experiencing trauma.
- IRC teams in Gaza are seeing increased rates of severe and acute malnutrition in children under five.
- Children in Gaza have now missed one year of education because of the collapse of the education destruction of school buildings caused by Israeli bombardment.
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