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Gaza’s children needed a ceasefire – now they desperately need the aid that will keep them alive | Alison Griffin
ByAlison Griffin October 18, 2025

The youngest and most vulnerable have suffered extreme mental and physical trauma. We can help – but we must be granted immediate accessAlison Griffin is head of conflict and humanitarian campaigns at Save the Children UKIn the last few days, we have s…

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No family, no stability, no social fabric: the anguish of Gaza’s wounded orphans
ByJulian Borger, and Seham Tantesh in Gaza October 10, 2025

As the number of WCNSFs – ‘wounded child, no surviving family’ – grows, charities struggle to find adults to look after themWithin a few months, the war in Gaza had already made its own addition to the vocabulary of emergency medical assistance with th…

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Almost 55,000 preschool children in Gaza acutely malnourished, Lancet study estimates
ByJason Burke and Andrew Gregory October 8, 2025October 9, 2025

Study shows clear link between Israeli aid restrictions and malnutrition among children aged between six months and five yearsGaza ceasefire plan live – latest updatesAlmost 55,000 children under the age of six in Gaza are estimated to be acutely malno…

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When I was married at 13 I was told refusal would end in my death. Now girls in Iraq as young as nine face the same fate
ByShams Ali* September 25, 2025

A new law legitimises violence and entrenches control over the bodies of millions of women and girls like meI was about 13 when my family decided to marry me off to a man of 29. I cried, I resisted. The pain was doubled because even at that age I was a…

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When I was married at 13 I was told refusal would end in my death. Now girls in Iraq as young as nine face the same fate
ByShams Ali* September 25, 2025

A new law legitimises violence and entrenches control over the bodies of millions of women and girls like meI was about 13 when my family decided to marry me off to a man of 29. I cried, I resisted. The pain was doubled because even at that age I was a…

Read More When I was married at 13 I was told refusal would end in my death. Now girls in Iraq as young as nine face the same fate
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‘We pray a visa comes before death’: Gaza’s injured children left in limbo
ByThaslima Begum September 18, 2025

Mariam, Nasser and Ahmed were evacuated from the warzone but are now stranded in an Egyptian hospital that cannot treat their life-threatening injuries after Trump’s sudden ban on Palestinians entering the USMariam Sabbah had been fast asleep, huddled …

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Airstrikes, banditry, drones and a ban on girls’ education: four teachers on educating students amid conflict
ByGuardian staff September 16, 2025

Educators working in extremely challenging conditions in Lebanon, Niger, Ukraine and Afghanistan explain what drives them onMohamad El Dirany, 24 Continue reading…

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First group of children from Gaza arrive in UK for life-saving NHS treatment
ByNadeem Badshah September 15, 2025

Care and support package, including housing, will help 30-50 young Palestinians for an initial two yearsThe first group of children from Gaza have arrived in the UK for specialist life-saving treatment on the NHS, the Guardian understands.Yvette Cooper…

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Guy Pearce and Annie Lennox join call to end ‘normalised horror’ for children in Gaza
ByNadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent September 14, 2025

Stars read Michael Rosen’s 2014 poem Don’t Mention the Children in film released by Save the ChildrenGuy Pearce, Annie Lennox and Vanessa Redgrave are among the celebrities calling for an end to the “normalised horror” of children being killed in Gaza,…

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In Yemen as in Gaza, bombs and starvation are stealing the lives of our children | Elham Al-Oqabi
ByElham Al-Oqabi September 3, 2025

As a mother living in Sana’a, I’ve seen how war devastates hopes, dreams and futures, and I share the desperation of Gaza’s mothers“Mom, why are they bombing us?” my oldest daughter asked me in 2019, as the Saudi coalition committed crimes with US weap…

Read More In Yemen as in Gaza, bombs and starvation are stealing the lives of our children | Elham Al-Oqabi