GAZA: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said that over 100 children have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the October ceasefire, including victims of Israeli drone and helicopter attacks.

UNICEF spokesperson James Elder said in a UN media briefing via video from Gaza that “more than 100 children have been killed in Gaza since the ceasefire of early October. That is roughly one girl or boy killed every day during a ceasefire”.

Referring to the ongoing Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, he added that “life in Gaza remains suffocating. Survival is still conditional. Whilst the bombings and shooting have slowed during the ceasefire, they have not stopped”.

Elder said that nearly all the deaths of the 60 boys and 40 girls resulted from Israeli military attacks; including airstrikes, drone attacks, tank shelling, gunfire, and quadcopter drone attacks, with a few being the result of exploding war remnants.

This figure is likely an underestimate, since it is based only on deaths for which sufficient information was available, he noted.

According to the latest official statistics, the death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, 2023, has risen to 71,424 martyrs and 171,324 injured.