Please keep our eyes on #gaza. A friend sent me this Interview from almost 2 years ago (!!) during ferocious attacks in Gaza. BUT wrap your head around this: during the ceasefire Israel has killed hundreds of Palestinian children. Hundreds of girls and boys.. During a ‘ceasefire’.
"Our school is destroyed, there's nothing left." - Roa’a, 12, West Bank, State of Palestine.
Her dreams of graduating grade 6 were shattered when her school - a place she loved to learn and play at with her friends - was reduced to rubble by settlers and Israeli forces.
There have been 99 documented education-related incidents in 2026 alone, including the killing, injury and detention of students, the demolition of schools, military use of school buildings, and denial of access.
Watch and share Roa'a's story.
“Children are paying an intolerable price for escalating militarised operations and settler attacks across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
Between January 2025 and today, at least one Palestinian child has been killed, on average, every week.
That is, 70 Palestinian children killed in this timeframe. Ninety-three per cent of these were killed by Israeli forces. A further 850 children were injured. Most of those children killed or wounded were by live ammunition.”
- James Elder, UNICEF Spokesperson @james_unicef
“UNICEF is seeking to support children and their families in the West Bank to access safe water, sanitation and healthcare, and by providing cash assistance, learning materials, and psychosocial care.
UNICEF calls on the Israeli authorities - who have legal obligations to uphold child rights in all areas within its jurisdiction or effective control, including occupied territories - to take immediate and decisive action to prevent further killing and maiming of Palestinian children and to protect their homes, schools and access to water in line with international law. UNICEF also calls on Member States with influence, to use their leverage to ensure that international law is respected.”
Read the full remarks via link in the bio.
The war in Lebanon has exacted a devastating and inhumane toll on children.
On 8 April 2026 - a deadly day - families faced a wave of bombardments that tore through communities.
UNICEF is supporting the recovery of children like Kawthar and Ali, who have been injured since the start of the war.
Join us in calling for the ceasefire to hold and for the protection of all children, anywhere, at all times.
