2023-10-16 22:41:15
Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
While the discussions regarding the Palestine—Israel conflict are active, the collective cries of thousands of children are rising from both countries. Children’s cries echo everywhere across borders. The picture of the innocent children crying without knowing where to go following losing their home, school and relatives will bring tears to anyone’s eyes. None of the world powers bragging regarding human rights and protecting children see any of this? When the conflict in the West Asian region, which has been simmering for decades, rises once more, the human rights and the proud human dignity will be destroyed. There are reports that thousands of people have been killed in the Israel-Palestine conflict. Hundreds of Israeli and Palestinian children have been killed and many injured in recent days. About 500 children were killed in the Israeli attack. A large percentage of the seriously injured are children. About 2.2 million Palestinians live in the Gaza Strip, which is only 365 square kilometers. And hundreds of thousands of children. It is one of the most densely populated places in the world. Hamas has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007. Even before the escalation of tensions between the two countries, UNICEF stated that nearly 11 million children living in Gaza and the West Bank were in need of humanitarian assistance. Israel’s blocking of electricity, food, water and fuel from reaching the Gaza Strip has worsened the plight of the children. Not only that, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s call to prepare for a ‘long and difficult war’ also adds to the concern. Every war destroys the hopes and dreams of tomorrow. A large percentage of victims of war and terrorism are children. Recent history itself makes this clear. One million children are displaced in Sudan. More than 400 children were killed and nearly 2000 were seriously injured. According to UNICEF, 1.4 million children are suffering in Syria. The figures are endless. UNICEF estimates that two crore children have been deprived of education in the past decade due to civil wars. The references in the report that a generation that does not know how to read and write are also serious in countries like Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Mali, Nigeria, Syria, Yemen and South Sudan. Since 2017, 100,000 children have been killed in wars every year. Starvation and the lack of adequate treatment for the war-wounded add to the death toll. Children’s lives and childhoods are being robbed every day that war is repeated. Both war and terrorism prey on children. Shocking footage of IS using children as hostages has emerged as a by-product of the US-led invasion of Iraq. Boko Haram terrorists are recruiting and killing thousands of teenage children, especially girls. Every war leaves humanity with a flood of misery. Mass deaths, mass exodus, spread of genetic diseases, orphanhood, disability, food shortages, mass destruction of wealth and livelihoods, refugee camps and other intractable problems await the post-war world. Anne Frank, who called out the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps to the world, twelve-year-old Sadako, who succumbed to the agony of atomic radiation in the Hiroshima disaster for 10 years, nine-year-old Pan Thi Kim Phuc, who was injured in the napalm bombing by the United States in Vietnam and runs completely naked in fear of death, a doll on the beach who escaped from Syria following her boat crashed. who lay dead like a child, Allan Kurdi, who made the conscience of the world cry, and the girl named Hridiya who raised her hands and surrendered in front of the camera, fearing that it was a gun, reflected the horrors of war on her face, and how many children remain in our hearts as victims of imperialist aggression and war crimes. Ensure prosecution of individuals responsible for serious violations once morest children in armed conflict. Ensure the approval and implementation of all legislation and relevant policies and prioritize funding to support children. Unless the UN and member states urgently intervene to protect children, these child abuses will not end. The safety of children in Palestine and Israel is increasingly difficult. UNICEF points out that the abduction, mutilation and hostage-taking of children and their families cannot be justified in any way and should be an eye-opener for warmongers. (The writer is a former member of Child Rights Commission) Read on deshabhimani.com
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