Gaza - UNICEF Says that fewer than half of requests to evacuate severely injured children are granted : Emma Farge / Reuters

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"The U.N. children's agency (UNICEF) called for an increase in medical evacuations from Gaza, saying less than half of applications had been successful.

"With at least 70 children injured every day, we need the number of medical evacuations to increase so children can access the care they urgently need," said UNICEF's Tess Ingram at the same press briefing, describing cases of children she met who had endured gunshot wounds and amputations.

"Their shattered bodies and fractured lives are a testament to the brutality being forced upon them."

According to the spokesperson of UN Human Rights, "Israel continues to impose unlawful restrictions on the entry and distribution of humanitarian assistance, and to carry out widespread destruction of civilian infrastructure,"

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