Front Burner What UNICEF saw in Gaza
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Sep 3, 2025 
James Elder, UNICEF’s global spokesperson, shares his harrowing insights from five trips to Gaza since the recent attacks. He discusses the dire humanitarian crisis faced by children, highlighting heartbreaking stories like that of a young boy searching for food in a war zone. Elder emphasizes the overwhelming trauma and malnutrition affecting vulnerable youths and reflects on the challenges of advocating for their rights amid such conflict. His powerful accounts reveal the urgent need for accountability and action to support these innocent lives caught in the chaos.
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Hospitals Turned Into Battlefields
- James Elder found Gaza hospitals felt like war zones with children on floors due to lack of space and care.
- He linked delays in transport and shortages to deeper systemic restrictions harming wounded children.
Water Shortages Became A New Crisis
- By June Elder saw water deprivation emerge as a new critical crisis on top of food shortages.
- He also heard children suffering without painkillers because medicines were denied entry.
Scale Of Destruction And Accountability Gap
- Elder says Gaza shows unprecedented scale of both physical destruction and child injuries compared with conflicts he covered.
- He asserts inaction by powerful actors is allowing the killing of children.