WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) - The U.N. children's agency said on Sunday over 13,000 children have been killed in Gaza in Israel's offensive, adding many kids were suffering from severe malnutrition and did not "even have the energy to cry."
"Thousands
more have been injured or we can't even determine where they are. They
may be stuck under rubble ... We haven't seen that rate of death among
children in almost any other conflict in the world," UNICEF Executive
Director Catherine Russell told CBS News' "Face the Nation" program on
Sunday.
"I've
been in wards of children who are suffering from severe anemia
malnutrition, the whole ward is absolutely quiet. Because the children,
the babies ... don't even have the energy to cry."
Russell said there were "very great bureaucratic challenges" moving trucks into Gaza for aid and assistance.
International
criticism has mounted on Israel due to the death toll of the war, the
starvation crisis in Gaza, and allegations of blocking aid deliveries
into the enclave.
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