Gaza faces ‘largest orphan crisis’ in modern history, report says | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Over 39,000 children have lost one or both parents in Gaza, new report by the Palestinian statistics agency says.

Tens of thousands of Palestinian children have lost their parents since the start of Israel’s war on the besieged Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics says.

In a statement on Thursday, the eve of Palestinian Children’s Day, the agency said 39,384 children in Gaza have lost one or both parents after 534 days of Israel’s assault, which has ravaged the tiny…