A new study reveals 96% of Palestinian children in Gaza feel imminent death half of them wish to die over the catastrophic living condition caused by Israeli war against the besieged Strip.
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The survey, whose results were published on Wednesday, was carried out by a Gaza-based NGO and was sponsored by the London-based War Child Alliance charity.
It showed that as much as 96 percent of the territory’s children felt that their death was imminent, and 49% actually wished to die.
The assessment also revealed that 92% of the minors were “not accepting of reality,” 79% suffered from nightmares, and 73% displayed symptoms of aggression.
Conducted back in June, it had surveyed parents or caregivers of 504 children from families where at least one child was disabled, injured or unaccompanied.
“This report lays bare that Gaza is one of the most horrifying places in the world to be a child,” said Helen Pattinson, chief executive of War Child UK.
“Alongside the leveling of hospitals, schools, and homes, a trail of psychological destruction has caused wounds unseen but no less destructive on children who hold no responsibility for this war.”
At least 44,805 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have been killed as a result of the war that was launched on October 7, 2023 following a retaliatory operation staged by Gaza’s resistance movements in response to the Israeli regime’s decades-long campaign of occupation and deadly aggression against Palestinians.
According to the United Nations Human Rights Office, 44% of the fatalities are children, although other estimates have come up with higher percentages.
Also on Wednesday, the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a resolution calling for "an immediate, unconditional, and permanent ceasefire" in the territory.
A total of 158 countries voted in favor of the resolution. Nine struck it down, including the Israeli regime and the United States, Tel Aviv’s biggest ally, while 13 countries abstained.
Robert Wood, deputy UN envoy for the US, which has unprecedentedly ramped up its political and military support for the regime during the war, said it would be "shameful and wrong" to adopt the text.
Washington has used its veto power to torpedo similar resolutions at the UN Security Council on almost every occasion.
