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HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY · GAZA 2025

Every Child Deserves
A Future.

320,000 children face acute malnutrition. 56,000 have lost a parent. 54% show clinical PTSD. Famine confirmed. Every day without action is another day a child dies.

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The Reality

What Gaza's Children Face Every Day

Sourced from WHO, UNICEF, UNRWA, WFP, and OCHA field reports — 2025. Every figure is linked to its primary source.

1 in 5 children under 5 acutely
malnourished in Gaza City WHO · July 2025
54% of children meet clinical
criteria for PTSD WHO EMHJ · 2025
700K+ children with no access
to education UNRWA · 2025
24 children under 5 died of
starvation — July 2025 alone WHO · Deadliest month on record
WHO · UNICEF View primary source ↗
50K+ children with acute
malnutrition

Starvation &
Malnutrition

A 6× surge in malnutrition treatment cases since January 2025. Gaza's treatment centers are beyond capacity.

  • 1 in 5 children under five in Gaza City acutely malnourished — a tripling since June 2025
  • 23% of the 50,000+ acute cases classified as Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) — life-threatening
  • 12,000 children treated in July 2025 alone — the highest single-month total ever recorded in Gaza
  • 24 children under five died of malnutrition in July 2025 — 85% of all such deaths recorded this year
  • Mothers too malnourished to breastfeed — surviving on one meal per day. All four specialized treatment centers are operating beyond maximum capacity.
WHO · OCHA View primary source ↗
50% of Gaza's hospitals
no longer functional

Collapsed
Healthcare

Gaza's health system is systematically overwhelmed. Hospitals average 8 mass casualty events per day with less than 16% of medicines reaching patients.

  • 18/36 hospitals partially functional — none operating at full capacity
  • 15.5% of procured medicines reached Gaza as of August 2025 — 84.5% blocked at borders
  • 70/day children are injured on average every single day — over 12,000 total since conflict began
  • #1 Gaza holds the world's highest per-capita rate of child amputations — 1,000+ child amputees, only 8 prosthetists
  • The world's highest rate of aid worker casualties in recorded history has been documented during this conflict, crippling humanitarian response capacity.
WHO · UNICEF View primary source ↗
54% of Gaza's children
have clinical PTSD

Trauma &
Mental Health

An entire generation is being psychologically dismantled. 1 in 5 children is too traumatized to speak or play. Left untreated, this damage is permanent and transmissible to the next generation.

  • 54% meet clinical criteria for PTSD — only one of many co-occurring trauma disorders
  • 41% suffer clinical depression; 34% severe anxiety — co-occurring with PTSD in most cases
  • 70% have persistent sleep disorders — chronic hypervigilance from ongoing bombardment
  • 6.7× average number of forced relocations per child — each displacement is its own re-traumatization
  • An 18-year-old in Gaza today has survived 6 wars since birth. Untreated generational trauma is transmitted to children of traumatized parents — WHO research confirms the damage extends beyond this generation.
UNRWA · UNICEF View primary source ↗
700K children deprived of
their right to education

Lost Education &
Stolen Futures

Gaza's entire educational infrastructure has been destroyed. Schools became shelters, then rubble. 87% GDP collapse erased 22 years of economic development.

  • 449 emergency temporary learning spaces serving 270,900 children — tents and ruins, not classrooms
  • 87% GDP collapse — 22 years of economic development erased. GDP per capita fell to $161
  • $70B+ estimated reconstruction cost — taking decades even under optimal conditions
  • $161 GDP per capita — among the lowest anywhere on Earth, for a population that was developing before 2023
  • Without education, this generation faces a permanent poverty trap. Without intervention, the children of Gaza today will become the impoverished, traumatized adults of 2040.

World Central Kitchen has served over 272 million meals and 73 million loaves of bread in Gaza since October 2023 — mobile bakeries, field kitchens, and child nutrition centers operating despite repeated supply disruptions. When supplies run out, children are prioritized first.

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1 Child killed
every hour
24 Children died of
starvation in July 2025
54% of Gaza's children
have PTSD
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Source: UN General Assembly, Tom Fletcher, September 2025