At least 300 children have been reportedly killed in Gaza during the 300 days since a ceasefire agreement came into effect on 10 October 2025, aiming to suspend military operations between Hamas fighters and the Israel Defense Forces, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Thursday, August 6, 2026.

Citing Gazan health authorities, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported a total of 1,209 people killed and 3,943 injured since the ceasefire announcement. UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Edouard Beigbeder, stated, “A ceasefire that leaves an average of one child dead each and every day is failing children.” He added that hundreds more children are injured, many severely, and are still waiting for the promised end to the violence.

Amid reports of a new United States-led peace plan and a recent increase in Israeli airstrikes on alleged Hamas targets, UNICEF highlighted that families are now confined to roughly one third of the Gaza Strip, sheltering among destroyed buildings, rubble, and uncleared waste. The agency noted that ongoing military operations near the so-called ‘Yellow Line’—a separation barrier erected by Israeli soldiers—along with strikes in other parts of the Strip, are disrupting civilian life, damaging shelters, causing renewed displacement, and restricting access to life-saving services.

Last weekend, attacks on a medical storage facility adjacent to Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah destroyed essential medical supplies, including some delivered by the UN World Health Organization (WHO).

Humanitarian efforts continue, including improvements to 3,000 makeshift shelters in Gaza City and distribution of emergency shelter and essential items to 9,000 households, such as kitchen sets, tarpaulins, blankets, mattresses, solar lights, and clothes. Additionally, more than 250,000 pre-school and school-aged children are participating in summer learning activities to provide routine and help recover lost education during hostilities.

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