Gaza Orphan Crisis Deepens as 64,000 Children Left Motherless

Israel's assault on Gaza has left at least 64,000 children orphaned according to Gaza's Ministry of Social Development.

“Amid the fallout from the latest aggression on the Gaza Strip, one of the most painful humanitarian crises is unfolding, where losses do not stop at the number of victims but extend to the family and psychological void left by the war in the lives of thousands of children”

Al-Jazeera Net

Riyad al-Baytar said 55,157 children lost their breadwinner and the number of orphans doubled from 17,000 pre-war.

Al-Jazeera Net

Al Jazeera cited 85,000 orphans while teleSUR reported 57,000; UNICEF said at least 17,000 were non-accompanied.

All sources converge on the scale of the humanitarian catastrophe among Gaza's children.

The Ministry of Social Development reported 47,019 widows in Gaza, with most aged 19 to 50.

Nearly one million children in Gaza need psychological support, up from 500,000 before the war.

Chronique de Palestine

Rami Arouqi described adopting a girl named Jenna who arrived at a hospital unidentified and alone.

Personal stories humanize the statistics revealing profound loss.

After two years of conflict Gaza has become an open-air cemetery of destroyed infrastructure.

“Quand l'Unicef tente de localiser et de venir en aide aux orphelins de Gaza Le Fonds des Nations unies pour l'enfance a lancé un cri d'alarme, début février, sur la situation d’au moins 17 000 enfants "non accompagnés ou séparés" de leur famille à Gaza”

France 24

Only one hospital remains operational with a pediatric surgery unit.

Nearly 40% of the more than 30,000 deaths reported were children under 18.

The physical destruction compounds social disintegration in Gaza.