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Al Jazeera reporting on the UNICEF statement that at least 300 children have been killed in Gaza in the roughly 300 days since the October 10, 2025 ceasefire, an average of 1 child killed every day, with hundreds more wounded, many severely. UNICEF pressed parties to the US-led peace plan to translate pledges into action. The report coincides with ongoing Board of Peace diplomacy on Phase Two of the ceasefire and continued Israeli attacks across Gaza. A powerful advocacy and research resource documenting the average rate of Palestinian child deaths during the October 2025 ceasefire period, with UNICEF's 1-child-per-day finding providing a stark summary statistic for the continued toll of the conflict despite the nominal ceasefire. This source is valuable for child rights researchers, journalists, and advocates, and its 1-child-killed-per-day finding is a powerful summary statistic for anyone documenting the continued toll of the post-ceasefire period.
