Key officials say entire population of northern Gaza ‘at imminent risk of dying from disease, famine and violence’

CAIRO (AP) — The number of Palestinians killed in the yearlong war in Gaza has passed 43,000, more than half of them women and children, the Palestinian Health Ministry said Monday.

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In Gaza, an entire generation of children is now at risk of being ‘forgotten’. With the cumulative effects of unrelenting violence, forced displacement and loss of an entire school year likely to impact them for the rest of their lives. The time to act to provide relief and scale-up humanitarian aid is now, to protect children and ensure their recovery.

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This Human Rights Watch report documents how children with disabilities in Gaza face dangerous situations and additional difficulties as they struggle to comply with frequent evacuation orders and a lack of effective advance warning of attacks.

About 60,000 children have fled into Syria from Lebanon in the past week, with many suffering from dehydration and exhaustion, said Save the Children calling for an immediate de-escalation of violence in the region. 

Israel has allowed severely wounded and seriously ill children to leave Gaza. They will get medical treatment outside that territory. This evacuation was planned for Sunday but was delayed. Israel blocked it after an unrelated attack far to the north over the weekend. NPR's Jane Arraf reports from Beirut.

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