00:00 Gaza has become a graveyard for children.
00:03 It's a living hell for everyone else.
00:06 And yet the threats to children go beyond bombs and mortars.
00:11 I want to speak briefly now on two of those,
00:13 water and trauma.
00:16 The more than 1 million children of Gaza
00:19 have a critical water crisis.
00:22 Gaza's water production now,
00:24 its capacity is at 5%,
00:27 5% of its daily output.
00:30 So child deaths to dehydration,
00:32 particularly infant deaths to dehydration,
00:35 are a growing threat.
00:37 Then of course we have the trauma.
00:40 When finally the fighting stops,
00:44 the cost to children and their communities
00:46 is going to be borne out for generations to come.
00:49 Before this latest escalation,
00:51 before it, more than 800,000 children in Gaza,
00:55 that's three quarters of the entire child population of Gaza,
00:59 were identified as needing mental health
01:01 and psychological support.
01:03 Again, that's before this latest nightmare.
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