17,000 Unaccompanied Orphans in Gaza, in World’s Biggest Orphan Crisis

Earlier this month, Jonathan Crickx, the State of Palestine Chief of Communication for UNICEF (the UN International Children’s Emergency Fund), revealed that his agency “estimates that at least 17,000 children in the Gaza Strip are unaccompanied or separated.

Each one is a heartbreaking story of loss and grief.

This corresponds to 1% of the overall displaced population – 1.7 million people.”

By Juan Cole, Reposted from Informed Content, February 26, 2026

https://israelpalestinenews.org/orphan-crisis/

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