UNICEF: 100 Children killed in Gaza by Israeli bombing since ceasefire

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) confirmed on Tuesday that more than 100 children have been killed in the Gaza Strip as a result of Israeli bombing since the ceasefire agreement came into effect on October 10, 2025.

UNICEF spokesperson James Elder told reporters in a video briefing from Gaza that “more than 100 children have been killed in Gaza since the ceasefire, meaning almost one boy or girl has been killed every day during the ceasefire period,” according to the Sanad News Agency.

He pointed to the ongoing Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, stressing that “survival is still not guaranteed, and although the bombing and shelling operations slowed down and decreased during the ceasefire, they did not stop.”

Elder stated that almost all child deaths, including 60 boys and 40 girls, resulted from Israeli military attacks, including airstrikes, drone strikes, quadcopter attacks, tank shelling, and gunfire, with a few caused by unexploded ordnance.

The UN spokesperson suggested that this figure likely underestimates the true extent of the deaths, as it only reflects deaths for which sufficient information was available.

Elder did not mention child deaths in Gaza caused indirectly by the Israeli enemy, such as malnutrition, lack of medicine, and the extreme cold.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced that the number of child deaths due to the severe cold had risen to seven since the beginning of the current winter season.

The ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip came into effect on October 10th, following a two-year Israeli offensive. However, the Israeli army continues to violate the agreement daily and still prevents the entry of most humanitarian aid into the Strip.