News - Middle East: The United Nations agency for children (UNICEF) says at least 200 Palestinian children have been killed in Gaza since Israel resumed its genocidal war on the strip on Tuesday.

"Since the resumption of heavy shelling, from the morning of March 18 until now, more than 200 children have been killed," Rosalia Bollen, a UNICEF official in Gaza, told al-Jazeera broadcaster on Thursday.

She further said the Israeli attacks also left thousands of children seriously wounded, with hospitals unable to cope with the growing number of casualties.

According to the report, the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip has left residents without access to even necessities.

The UNICEF official stressed that there is no safe place left in the strip even for emergencies.

Health authorities in Gaza said more than 590 Palestinians have been killed since Israel renewed strikes on Gaza, breaking the two-month ceasefire agreement.

In January, the Israeli regime was forced to agree to a ceasefire deal with Hamas given the regime’s failure to achieve any of its objectives, including the “elimination” of the Palestinian resistance movement or the release of captives.

Israel launched the campaign of genocide in Gaza on October 7, 2023. It has killed nearly 50,000 Palestinians there so far.

Source: Press TV