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The aftermath of an Israeli attack on southern Gaza’s Khan Younis
Palestinian children play on a swing during Eid al-Fitr holiday, in #Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Families fleeing Rafah arrive in Khan Younis city following new Israeli forced evacuation orders on Monday [Eyad Baba/AFP]
Children carry containers in Beit Hanoon, northern Gaza, March 19 [Abd Elhkeem Khaled/Reuters]
Mahmoud Ajjour, Aged Nine | Samar Abu Elouf
Mahmoud lost both arms above the elbow after he was hit by a missile fired by Israeli planes during the war on Gaza. Mahmoud’s family fled their home after shells began falling. The going was slow, and the boy went back to urge everyone on. When an explosion ripped off one hand and mangled the other, he asked to be left behind, saying: “I am going to die.”
#UK - The number of children in poverty in the UK has reached its highest level since comparative records began in 2002.
> In the year to April 2024, there were 4.45 million children living in a household of relative low income after housing costs are deducted - the government's own standard measure for #poverty.
> The figure, [..], is an increase of 100,000 children from the previous year - and equates to 31% of #children in the UK.
bbc.com/news/articles/cx2g03yk… #Brexit #austerity #economy
UK child poverty numbers reach a record high
About 31% of children are living in relative poverty after housing costs, government figures show.Eleanor Lawrie (BBC News)
An old woman reacts as Palestinians make their way to flee their homes, after the Israeli army issued evacuation orders, in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
A Palestinian girl inspects the damage at the site of an Israeli strike on a house, in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed
A Palestinian girl gathers her belongings at the site of an Israeli strike on a house, in Bureij, in the central Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed
A young girl mourns for her siblings and other members from the Abu al-Rous family who were killed when their house was hit by Israeli bombardment during a funeral at the Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip
Photograph: Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty Images
#USA oh no 😱
Source: euronews.com/business/2025/03/…
#child #children #labour #Florida #job #work #news #politics #economy #business #humanrights #fail
Florida to consider relaxing child labour laws to fill vacant jobs
Now that the United States is cracking down on immigration, some low-skill jobs may not be so easy to fill. So the state is debating lifting some child labour laws to involve minors.Doloresz Katanich (Euronews.com)
A boy walks past statues of Buddhist monks at the Trapeang Thma pagoda, Banteay Meanchey, #Cambodia
Photograph: Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP/Getty Images
Palestinians wait for food from charity kitchen in Gaza
"Nothing better than friendship"
Palestinians rush an injured girl away from the site of Israeli attacks on a makeshift displacement camp in central Gaza City on Sunday [Omar Al-Qattaa/ AFP]
Displaced Palestinians at a camp set up in a landfill site in the Yarmouk area of Gaza City
Photograph: APAImages/Rex/Shutterstock
A Palestinian girl crouches next to the site of an Israeli strike that targeted the senior Hamas official Salah al-Bardawil
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
Palestinians forced to flee Rafah by foot after Israeli attacks
US ‘deletes #evidence’ of #Russia’s kidnap of thousands of Ukrainian #children
source: independent.co.uk/news/world/e…
The #Trump #administration cut funding to #Yale #University’s Humanitarian #Research Lab, which was compiling a #database of alleged Russian #war #crimes, including the #abduction of an estimated 35,000 children from occupied areas of #Ukraine, last month.
#politics #warcrime #war #terror #fail #problem #humanrights #usa #news
US ‘deletes evidence’ of Russia’s kidnap of thousands of Ukrainian children
Researchers at Yale University had been compiling database of alleged Russian war crimes, including abduction of up to 35,000 childrenSam Kiley (The Independent)
A girl pulls a cart loaded with belongings as Palestinians flee their homes after the Israeli army issued evacuation orders for a number of neighbourhoods in Beit Hanoun.
Photograph: Abd Elhkeem Khaled/
Reuters
Injured Palestinians wait for treatment at a hospital following Israeli army airstrikes in Khan Younis.
Photograph: Mohammad Jahjouh/AP
A Palestinian child carrying a loaf of bread cries as people gather for a mass fast-breaking iftar meal during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, before Israel resumed the bombing.
Photograph: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP/Getty Images
An injured boy waits to be treated as the bodies of Palestinians killed in an Israeli attack are brought to the Indonesian hospital, Belt Lahia
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
A Palestinian carries an injured child following an Israeli strike, in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Abd Elhkeem Khaled
Palestinians flee their homes after the Israeli army issued forced displacement orders in Beit Hanoon in the northern Gaza Strip, March 19, 2025 [Abd Elhkeem Khaled/Reuters]
A girl rests while ferrying water. Palestinians are heading towards Gaza City in large numbers after Israeli evacuation orders, Beit Hanoun, #Gaza
Photograph: Bashar Taleb/AFP/Getty Images
A child with malnutrition lies on a bed in Alban Jadeed hospital. As civil war continues to ravage the country’s capital, young children are being admitted into wards in greater numbers, Khartoum, #Sudan
Photograph: El Tayeb Siddig/Reuters
Palestinians make their way to flee their homes, after the Israel army issued evacuation orders for a number of neighborhoods, following heavy Israeli strikes, in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Abd Elhkeem Khaled
Palestinians flee Israeli attacks on northern Gaza’s Beit Hanoon
[Bashar Taleb/AFP]
Marcus Cole embraces his daughters while standing in front of his destroyed home after a severe storm in Bridgeton, #Missouri, on Saturday.
Photograph: Robert Cohen/AP
Palestinians wait for donated food at a distribution centre in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, on Sunday [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP]
A Palestinian child carrying food cries as people gather for a mass fast-breaking iftar meal in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday [Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP]
A Palestinian child waits to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, March 13 [Hatem Khaled/Reuters]
Palestinians in the Jabalia camp wait in long queues to receive food as the first phase of the ceasefire agreement ends and Israel stops all humanitarian aid supplies from entering the Gaza Strip.
Photograph: Mahmoud Issa/Anadolu/Getty Images