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More than 13,800 children have been killed in Gaza since the start of the war on October 7, according to UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell.
And «one child is injured or dies every 10 minutes» in Gaza, the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women said in a statement.
More than 10,000 women have been killed in Gaza since the war began, 6,000 of whom left 19,000 orphaned children behind, the statement said.
CNN cannot independently verify these numbers due to a lack of media access to Gaza.
Here are the latest developments in the region:
Response to Iran’s attack: Israel’s war cabinet has yet to decide on a response to Iran’s weekend attack. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will make its «own decisions» when responding. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who is not in the war cabinet, said Israel’s response should inflict a “disproportionate toll” and “rock Tehran.
