At least 21,000 children have been disabled in Gaza since Israel’s genocidal war on the besieged enclave broke out nearly two years ago, a United Nations committee has said.
The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) reported that about 40,500 children have suffered “new war-related injuries” during the war, leaving more than half of them disabled.
Child malnutrition is also soaring in Gaza, where a full-blown famine has been declared. An estimated 132,000 children below the age of 5 are projected to be at risk of death from acute malnutrition by June 2026, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification system.
The CRPD said Israel should adopt specific measures for protecting children with disabilities from attacks, and implement evacuation protocols that take into account people with disabilities.
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