This was stated by Lisa Douten, Director of the Division for Financing and Partnerships of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
"Every day, according to UNRWA (the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East), 10 children lose one or both legs. Gaza has become the place with the largest number of amputated children in recent history," she said at a meeting of the UN Security Council on the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.
In addition, the representative of OCHA pointed out that in the Gaza Strip, women have three times the risk of miscarriage and death.
The situation in the Middle East sharply worsened after the penetration of armed Hamas supporters from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory on October 7, 2023, accompanied by the killing of residents of border settlements and the seizure of more than 240 hostages. In response, Israel launched a military operation in the enclave with the aim of destroying the military and political structures of Hamas and freeing all those abducted. Fighting in the Gaza Strip continues to this day, reports tass.ru.
