Overview
- UNICEF reports at least 100 child deaths during the three-month truce, with fatalities from airstrikes, drone attacks, tank fire and live ammunition.
- Gaza’s Health Ministry records 442 deaths since the truce, including 165 minors, indicating lethal incidents persist despite reduced hostilities.
- UN partners count roughly 95,000 cases of acute malnutrition and identified nearly 4,900 new acute cases in recent screenings.
- Nearly 80% of buildings are damaged or destroyed, winter storms have collapsed shelters, and at least seven children reportedly died of hypothermia this year.
- UNICEF urges full aid access and a sharp increase in medical evacuations, while noting expanded vaccinations and basic services, particularly in northern Gaza.