Unicef

After the outbreak of the conflict, the U.N. agency maintains that practically all children in the Strip are in a situation of maximum vulnerability

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is back in the region this week, appears to be trying to head off a wider conflict

Israel is the only state in the world that systematically tries children and adolescents in military courts, according to UNICEF. The vast majority say they suffered physical or psychological abuse and many remain detained without charge

UNICEF spokesman James Elder and two residents of the Strip recount the situation after the end of the truce. ‘We are waiting for the world to do something to protect us, but we have no more hope’

Most of the prisoners who will be released in exchange for Israeli hostages are teenagers facing ambiguous allegations or being held without charges in ‘administrative detention’

The United Nations human rights rapporteur presses Israel to stop the abuse of minors in Gaza and the West Bank

Over 2,300 minors in the Strip have died under the Israeli bombardment, while those who remain in the war zone are exposed to hunger, thirst and serious damage to their mental health

Four million people die each year from diseases related to the use of wood or charcoal at home. Some companies are now beginning to use carbon credits to finance newer, safer and more efficient ways of cooking

With schools demolished by shelling and students evacuated, educators continue to give classes from basements or air raid shelters to provide a small sense of normalcy

Taliban restrictions and poverty are causing a mental health crisis, with families feeling increasingly forced to marry off their daughters to make ends meet, or to prevent them being forced to wed extremists

The educator established a school for girls in Kabul and relocated it to Rwanda in 2021 when the Taliban returned to power

After a decade without leading a blockbuster, the interpreter returns to theaters with the automotive drama ‘Gran Turismo’

Strong winds have damaged transmission lines, causing a blackout in India. The full extent of the damage in western India wasn’t immediately known

Pneumonia is a silent pandemic that causes more deaths than the coronavirus, but receives neither the attention nor funding necessary to combat it. Around 700,000 children under the age of five die every year from it, mostly in poor countries

NGOs have warned that medicines and blood are in short supply in hospitals, while experts fear an escalation in Darfur and the entry of more armed groups into the fighting

UNICEF says the floods damaged most of the water pipelines systems in affected areas, forcing more than 5.4 million people to rely solely on contaminated water

Poor nutrition in pregnant and breastfeeding women can lead to weak immunity and complications during pregnancy and birth