More than 340 children killed in Gaza in year since Israel-Hamas ceasefire, UNICEF says

Arab News · 16‏/10‏/2026، 7:47:20 م

LONDON: More than 340 children in Gaza have been killed and hundreds injured since the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas was announced on Oct. 10, 2026, the UN Children’s Fund, also known as UNICEF, said on Friday. For those families “mourning the loss of their children, those terrible statistics do not equate with a ceasefire,” Ricardo Pires, a spokesperson for the fund, told reporters in Geneva. Five boys and two girls have been reported killed and at least 33 children seriously inj