At least 300 children in Gaza have been reportedly killed over the 300 days since a ceasefire agreement came into effect on 10 October 2025, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The ceasefire was intended to suspend military operations between Hamas fighters and the Israel Defense Forces.

Citing Gazan health authorities, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that since the ceasefire announcement, 1,209 people have been killed and 3,943 injured in Gaza.

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 have been injured, many severely, and that children in Gaza are still waiting for the promised end to violence.

Amid reports of a new United States-led peace plan and a recent increase in Israeli airstrikes targeting alleged Hamas positions, 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 of concrete blocks 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.

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

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. More than 250,000 pre-school and school-aged children are participating in summer learning activities aimed at providing routine and helping recover lost education amid hostilities.

Sources