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, but violence has persisted.

Citing the Gazan health authorities, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported a total casualty toll of 1,209 people killed and 3,943 injured since the ceasefire began.

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 awaiting an end to the violence they were promised.

The agency highlighted 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 Gaza Strip, continue to disrupt civilian life, damage shelters, cause renewed displacement, and restrict access to life-saving services.

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

Amid reports of a new United States-led peace plan and a recent increase in Israeli airstrikes targeting alleged Hamas positions, UNICEF stressed that families are now confined to roughly one third of the Gaza Strip, sheltering among destroyed buildings, rubble, and uncleared waste.

Humanitarian efforts have included improving 3,000 makeshift shelters in Gaza City and distributing emergency shelter and essential items such as kitchen sets, tarpaulins, blankets, mattresses, solar lights, and clothes to 9,000 households. Additionally, more than 250,000 pre-school and school-aged children are participating in summer learning activities to regain some stability and recover lost education.

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