WHO says average of 160 children killed each day in Israel-Hamas war

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An average of 160 children are killed each day in the besieged Gaza Strip as a result of the Israel-Hamas war. "The level of death and suffering is hard to fathom," says WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier. The war between Israel and Hamas has entered its 32nd day. Hamas’s 7 October attack on southern Israel has killed at least 1,400 people according to Israeli officials. The Hamas-run health ministry says retaliatory Israeli strikes on the besieged Gaza Strip have since killed at least 10,000 people.

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00:00 The level of death and suffering is hard to fathom.

00:04 Over 1,400 people have reportedly died in Israel,

00:10 and just over 11,000 have now been reported dead in Gaza.

00:16 That's a half percent of the population of Gaza.

00:23 An average of about 160 children are killed every day.

00:28 WHO has so far delivered eight trucksloads of supplies.

00:33 Much of this is urgently needed material,

00:36 including anesthesia, as people are being operated on

00:41 for amputations and other things without anesthesia.

00:45 Everything is set up.

00:46 The logistics are there.

00:48 The convoys are there.

00:49 The supplies are there.

00:50 What is not there is the access, and that's what is needed.

00:55 We need unhindered, safe, and secure access

00:59 all the way to the patients and to the hospitals.

01:02 Getting across into Gaza is one thing.

01:04 Getting further to the hospitals and the supply stations

01:08 is the next step.

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