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GAZA: MASSACRE REPORTEDLY KILLS 50 CHILDREN UNDERSCORING URGENT NEED FOR GLOBAL INTERVENTION - SAVE THE CHILDREN

Save the Children's statement in response to attacks that reportedly killed 50 children in northern Gaza:

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31 Oct 2024

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World more dangerous than ever for children with crimes in conflict at highest level in 2023

  • Save the Children report reveals the number of grave violations committed against children in conflict reached highest level ever in 2023, with over 31,000 documented cases

  • An average of 31 children a day killed or maimed

  • Biggest increases in crimes against children recorded in the occupied Palestinian territory and Sudan 

  • 473 million children – or 19% of the world’s child population – lived under the weight of war in 2023

  • The cost of conflict skyrocketed to US $19.1 trillion last year, while investments in peace and conflict prevention remained low –with a $4 trillion gap needed to meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

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30 Oct 2024

Over 2.8 million children under five forced from their home across Sudan

New figures reveal over half of the 11 million displaced – or 5.8 million - are children under 18, and over one quarter – or 2.8 million - are children aged under five. 

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29 Oct 2024

LEBANON: At least two children killed every day in five weeks of war

The humanitarian situation in Lebanon continues to rapidly deteriorate; the latest Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon have killed at least 60 people, including two children. Over 100 children – an average of 2 children a day – have been killed since the war started on 23 September, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Health.

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New report highlights alarming lack of oversight of Afghan child returns from Europe

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“I feel my friend’s pain and my pain. I don’t feel anything else”

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Aid groups fear for civilians in Idlib as ceasefire deal deadline looms

Aid groups fear for civilians in Idlib as ceasefire deal deadline looms

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International Day of the Girl: If all girls completed secondary school, more than 50 million child marriages could be prevented

International Day of the Girl: If all girls completed secondary school, more than 50 million child marriages could be prevented

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Save the Children statement on government decision to call off search and rescue operation in earthquake and tsunami hit Sulawesi

Save the Children statement on government decision to call off search and rescue operation in earthquake and tsunami hit Sulawesi

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More than 2,700 schools badly damaged or destroyed in disaster-hit Sulawesi as children return to class

More than 2,700 schools badly damaged or destroyed in disaster-hit Sulawesi as children return to class

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Save the Children scales up aid delivery to communities devastated by tsunami-earthquake disaster

Save the Children scales up aid delivery to communities devastated by tsunami-earthquake disaster

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Vital aid delivered to earthquake and tsunami-hit region of Indonesia by Save the Children

Vital aid delivered to earthquake and tsunami-hit region of Indonesia by Save the Children