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Forgotten generation: After one year of conflict, the IRC warns of the life-long impacts for Gaza’s children

About 17,000 children are estimated to be unaccompanied or separated from parents and caregivers. The IRC thinks this figure could be three times as high (51,000).
Frequent Israeli evacuation orders, detentions, and attacks have contributed to more families being separated in Gaza over the past few months.
Some children have been found living alone in hospitals.
Unaccompanied and separated children face high risks of child labor, exploitation, neglect, starvation, and long-term mental health impacts.
Every child, parent, and caregiver in Gaza is experiencing trauma.
IRC teams in Gaza are seeing increased rates of severe and acute malnutrition in children under five.
Children in Gaza have now missed one year of education because of the collapse of the education destruction of school buildings caused by Israeli bombardment.

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