UNICEF Director, Katherine Russell visited the Gaza Strip as part of rare access to UN staff and He said what he saw and heard was “devastating.” in a Palestinian enclave besieged by Israel where “there is no safe place,” a UN agency said today.

“What I saw and heard was devastating. They were repeatedly bombed, suffered losses and were forced to leave their homes. Inside the Strip “There is no safe place for a million Gaza children to go,” Russell gave an update on his visit to the Strip, which took place yesterday.

“Parties to conflict commit serious violations against children, such as murders, mutilations, kidnappings, attacks on schools and hospitals, and denial of access to humanitarian aid, all of which the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) condemns, he insisted.

Russell was in Al Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, where she met with displaced patients and families seeking refuge and safety: “A 16-year-old girl told me from her hospital bed that her neighborhood had been bombed. He survived, but doctors say “He’ll never walk again.” noted in the note.

He recalled that “in the Gaza Strip “More than 4,600 children died and almost 9,000 were injured,” and many minors “have gone missing and are believed to be buried under the rubble of collapsed buildings and homes, a tragic result of the use of explosive weapons in populated areas.”

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The director noted that the agency she represents and all its partners are doing everything they can to alleviate this humanitarian crisiswhich, according to the UN, became “hell on earth” after the Islamist group Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, killing 1,200 people.

Since then in the Gaza Strip There are more than 11 thousand dead. The vast majority are children and women, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health.

“The diesel is almost gone, due to which some hospitals and medical centers stopped working. Without fuel, desalination plants will not be able to produce drinking water and distribute humanitarian aid,” he noted.

Before Russell, there was only Commissioner General of the United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). Philip Lazarini, had access to Gaza since the beginning of the war.

(EFE)