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Chickenpox Surge Reaches 18,000 Cases in Gaza as Malnourished Children Cannot Fight Back

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July 11, 2026

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More than 18,000 chickenpox and skin disease cases were recorded across Gaza in a single week, the UN said on Friday, with malnourished children the most exposed. Gaza's healthcare system is operating at half capacity and humanitarian funding is at 25 percent of what is needed.

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Yemen News Agency - SABA

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· Jun 22, 2026

Gaza Health Ministry: Israeli Enemy Worsens Health Crisis in Strip

Gaza Health Ministry: Israeli Enemy Worsens Health Crisis in Strip

Yemen Press Agency

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· Jul 7, 2026

OCHA: Displacement escalates again in Gaza from areas near “Yellow Line”

GAZA, July 07 (YPA) – The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported on Tuesday that increasing numbers of Palestinian families in the Gaza Strip are being displaced again from areas along the “Yellow Line” as Israeli forces advance. The office explained in a post on the X platform that these []

Middle East Eye

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· Jun 27, 2026

Child succumbs to injuries from Israeli attack on Gaza as death toll rises to 73,043

Child succumbs to injuries from Israeli attack on Gaza as death toll rises to 73,043 A 10-year old Palestinian child has died from wounds sustained in an Israeli strike on southern Gaza, according to medical sources. The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 73,043 Palestinians have been killed and 173,417 injured in Gaza since the start of Israel’s genocide in October 2023. Among them, 1,031 people have been killed since the so-called ceasefire which began in October 2025, while 3,309 others were injured.

Borneo Bulletin

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· Jun 23, 2026

Israel’s ‘deliberate targeting’of children part of ongoing Gaza ‘genocide’

Israel’s ‘deliberate targeting’of children part of ongoing Gaza ‘genocide’

Arise News

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· Jun 23, 2026

UN Report Accuses Israeli Forces Of Targeting Palestinian Children In Gaza

UN report alleges Israeli forces targeted Palestinian children in Gaza, causing widespread deaths and severe humanitarian consequences during conflict period

Anadolu Agency

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· Jun 23, 2026

UN commission says Israel continues genocide through targeting of Palestinian children

Attacks, starvation, destruction of health and education systems have caused irreversible harm to generation of Palestinian children, says commission

Daily Finland

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· Jun 28, 2026

2 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza

Two Palestinians, including a child, were killed on Saturday in an Israeli airstrike that targeted two tents sheltering displaced people in the al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian medical sources, reported Xinhua. Medical sources at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis told Xinhua that the hospital received two bodies, one of which was a 15-year-old girl. The sources added that the hospital also received seven wounded as a result of the Israeli airstrike. The Israeli military has not yet commented on the incident. Meanwhile, Gaza-based health authorities reported that hospitals in the Gaza Strip received eight bodies and 20 wounded people in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of deaths since the ceasefire took effect on Oct. 10, 2025, to 1,038, with 3,329 wounded. The authorities added in their daily report that the total number of deaths since Oct. 7, 2023, has risen to 73,051, with 173,437 injured.

Haaretz

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· Jul 7, 2026

Israeli settlers wound eight Palestinians, including children, medics say

Israeli settlers wound eight Palestinians, including children, medics say

Qatar News Agency

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· Jul 9, 2026

Casualty Toll in Gaza Reaches 73,118 Martyrs, 173,615 Injured

Gaza, July 09 (QNA) - The casualty toll from the genocide witnessed in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, as a result of the Israeli occupation, has reached 73,118, with 173,615 people injured.

Sweden Herald

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· Jun 23, 2026

UN investigators: Israel targets children in Gaza

UN investigators: Israel targets children in Gaza

Novara Media

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· Jun 23, 2026

Israel Deliberately Targeting Palestinian Children, UN Commission Finds

Israel’s security forces continue to deliberately target Palestinian children, according to a new UN commission report. Such attacks amount to genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Gaza Strip and war crimes in the occupied West Bank, the report found. The targeting of children is “part of a deliberate strategy to destroy the []

China Global Television Network

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· Jun 24, 2026

UN investigation: Israel committed genocide targeting Gaza children

UN investigation: Israel committed genocide targeting Gaza children

Utusan Malaysia

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· Jun 21, 2026

11 maut serangan Israel di Gaza

BANDAR GAZA: Pegawai kesihatan Gaza berkata bahawa serangan Israel pada Sabtu telah mengorbankan sekurang-kurangnya 11 orang, termasuk empat anggota daripada keluarga yang sama, dalam keganasan terbaharu yang melanda wilayah Palestin itu walaupun gencatan senjata masih berkuatkuasa. Israel dan Hamas terus saling menuduh hampir setiap hari mengenai pelanggaran gencatan, manakala Semenanjung Gaza kekal dilanda pertumpahan darah ... Read more The post 11 maut serangan Israel di Gaza appeared first on Utusan Malaysia.

Al Jazeera

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· Jul 8, 2026

Israeli air strikes in Gaza kill eight, including two children

Medics report 12 injuries alongside eight deaths in Gaza as Israeli air strikes target civilians and displaced families.

Egyptian Gazette

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· Jun 22, 2026

Gazans flee scorching tents for a polluted sea

GAZA CITY – Residents of the Gaza Strip have been flocking ​from suffocating tents to the territory’s polluted Mediterranean shore to bathe and wash their clothes, as ‌summer temperatures rise and fresh water remains hard to come by.Nearly all Gaza’s population was displaced during two years of war between Israel and Hamas, with Gazans now [] The post Gazans flee scorching tents for a polluted sea appeared first on Egyptian Gazette.

Egypt Independent

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· Jun 24, 2026

Israel deliberately targeting children in ongoing genocide against Palestinians, UN commission finds

Israeli forces continue to commit genocide against Palestinians by deliberately targeting children in the Gaza Strip, an independent United Nations Commission of Inquiry has found. In a report published Tuesday, the commission — which last year concluded Israel had committed genocide in Gaza — found that Israeli military operations have continued causing “unprecedented death, injury The post Israel deliberately targeting children in ongoing genocide against Palestinians, UN commission finds appeared first on Egypt Independent.

CityNews Montreal

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· Jul 12, 2026

Israeli fire in Gaza kills 5 people, including a little girl, health officials say

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli fire in Gaza on Sunday killed at least five Palestinians, including a 9-year-old girl, and wounded others, according to local health officials. A drone strike on a blacksmith shop in Gaza City’s Sabra neighborhood killed at least four Palestinians and wounded another, according to officials at Shifa hospital, [] The post Israeli fire in Gaza kills 5 people, including a little girl, health officials say appeared first on CityNews Montreal.

TRT World

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· Jun 24, 2026

UN raises alarm over growing toll on children in Gaza

As the UN Security Council opens its annual discussion on children in armed conflicts, the UN has warned Palestinian children in Gaza face catastrophic harm under ongoing Israeli attacks. Ashraf Shannon reports from Gaza.

The New Zealand Herald

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· Jun 24, 2026

UN report says Israeli killings of Gaza children post-truce amount to genocide

UN report says Israeli killings of Gaza children post-truce amount to genocide

World Israel News

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· Jul 5, 2026

Israel approves $20M rehabilitation plan for October 7 survivors

The plan establishes a centralized support system through the Ministry of Social Affairs to help survivors access government services and coordinate care. The post Israel approves 20M rehabilitation plan for October 7 survivors appeared first on World Israel News.

BOL News

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· Jun 23, 2026

Israel targeted Gaza children, leading to allegations of genocide says UN inquiry

UN inquiry said that attacks on medical facilities and disruptions in healthcare created risks for newborn babies and pregnant women The post Israel targeted Gaza children, leading to allegations of genocide says UN inquiry appeared first on BOL News.

Syrian Arab News Agency

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· Jul 12, 2026

Gaza death toll surges to 73,221, medical sources say

Gaza, July.12, 2026 (SANA) The death toll from the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has risen to 73,223, with 173,654 people injured since October 7, 2023, medical sources in the enclave said Saturday. According to the sources, hospitals across Gaza received two bodies over the past 24 hours, as well as 11 injured []

Daily Sabah

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· Jun 23, 2026

Israel targets children in Gaza, West Bank amid genocide claims: UN

Israeli authorities and security forces deliberately targeted Palestinian children, leading to acts that amount to genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Gaza, as well...

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