#now in the middle of a war they can't distribute aid without it all going to Hamas

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Displaced Palestinians waited to receive donated food on Tuesday, the second day of Ramadan.

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Workers transport sacks of humanitarian aid at the distribution center of the United Nations agency that cares for Palestinians, in Rafah, earlier this month.

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Cooking gas is so scarce that the air is acrid with smoke from fires burning salvaged wood and chopped up furniture.

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A woman takes care of a wounded man outside Rafah’s largest hospital. Medics say supplies are low and many types of medical care have stopped.

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‘Everything Is Difficult’: The Struggle for Life’s Basics in Rafah

Most of Gaza’s population fled to the southern territory of Rafah, hoping to escape the war. As they hunt for food and shelter, a potential Israeli invasion has added to their fears.

By Bilal Shbair and Ben Hubbard

The New York Times- March 14, 2024

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Gaza has been the deadliest conflict for children in modern times.

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Children are bearing the brunt of the horrors in Gaza. How can this go on?

The horrors of Gaza are almost unspeakable. As difficult as all this is to read and to watch, it's important the world does not look away.

Rarely, if ever, have so many children been killed, injured or orphaned as quickly as Israel is doing so in Gaza right now.

"The Gaza Strip is the most dangerous place in the world to be a child," says UNICEF's James Elder. "And day after day, that brutal reality is reinforced."

UNICEF has compiled a range of statistics from Gaza. It says that a Palestinian child is killed every 15 minutes. Thousands more are missing under rubble.

One of every 10 children killed in Gaza did not make their first birthday. More than 1,000 children have lost one or both legs. Save the Children estimates that more than 10 children a day are losing one or both legs. Those having limbs amputated are having it done without anaesthetic.

On the testimony of a range of credible agencies, this is the deadliest conflict for children in modern times.

By global affairs editor John Lyons in Jerusalem

ABC News - 12 February 2024

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Hiba Abu Sadeq has been living in a tent shelter with her family since last month.

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Hiba's walk to find food and water takes her past rubble from air strikes. (Photo: ABC News)

Every morning, 12-year-old Hiba wakes up in Gaza. She tries to keep herself and her family alive for another day

Hiba Abu Sadeq is like many other pre-teens. The 12-year-old loves her friends, learning at school and fashion.

But now she doesn't know if her friends are dead or alive, there is no school, and she has worn the same clothes for weeks.

The young girl has had her way of life ripped apart by the Israel-Gaza war.

By Middle East correspondent Allyson Horn in Jerusalem and ABC staff in Gaza

ABC News - 21 January 2024

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COMMUNITY WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: The following ABC News article, ‘A devastating new term has emerged in Gaza's hospitals: WCNSF - Wounded Child, No Surviving Family’, contains graphic pictures and descriptions of war that some viewers may find distressing.

Dareen is just one of many orphans in Gaza hospitals known by the term WCNSF.

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Dr Khalil al-Degra says when they can't find families for children who come to the hospital, they are marked as unidentified.

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This grandmother was able to locate her grandson after turning up to a hospital and searching for lost babies. (Photo: ABC News)

A devastating new term has emerged in Gaza's hospitals: WCNSF - Wounded Child, No Surviving Family

Inside Gaza's overwhelmed hospital system, an influx of injured children arriving alone without any family has prompted doctors to coin a new term: WCNSF.

The heartbreaking label stands for Wounded Child, No Surviving Family and means the child is the sole surviving member of their family.

Eleven-year-old Dareen was given the term when she was rushed to hospital alone and unconscious after an explosion where she was staying.

By Middle East correspondent Allyson Horn and ABC staff in Gaza

ABC News - 6 December 2023

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