17 thousand Palestinian children without their parents or siblings in Gaza. UNICEF also reported last January that a thousand children in Gaza had lost one or both of their legs since the beginning of the Israeli attacks.

In recent months, the war on the Gaza Strip has produced a new term, abbreviated “WCNSF,” meaning “a wounded child with no family alive to care for him.” The statement added that most of the surgeries for children were performed without anesthesia, and also pointed out the lack of medical teams and equipment.