Israeli attacks have killed more than 340 Palestinian children in Gaza since ceasefire announcement

UNICEF says Israeli military attacks have killed more than 340 Palestinian children in Gaza since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was announced. UNICEF spokesperson Ricardo Pires also reported seven child deaths and at least 33 children seriously injured in the territory during the past two weeks, describing harm that continues despite the agreement.

The two detailed accounts identify the same overall toll and recent two-week figures. The report from Arab News specifies that the seven children were five boys and two girls, and says the injuries and deaths in that period resulted from airstrikes, drone strikes and gunfire. The account from democrata.es likewise attributes the recent casualties to Israeli attacks.

Both report UNICEF’s attribution of the broader toll to attacks by the Israeli military. The accounts give different dates for when the ceasefire was announced. democrata.es dates the agreement to October 10, 2025, while Arab News says it was announced on Oct. 10, 2026.

The sources therefore do not establish a single consistent start date for the period covered by the more-than-340 figure. UNICEF’s reported total is cumulative since the ceasefire announcement; the seven deaths and 33 serious injuries refer only to the past two weeks.

Arab News adds a broader account of children’s circumstances in Gaza: about 800,000 remain displaced, an estimated 60,000 lost one or both parents during the war or since the ceasefire, and nearly every child needs some form of mental health support. The outlet also describes 16-year-old Norhan as among those affected, saying her mother was shot while eight months pregnant.

These details place the reported casualties alongside continuing displacement, bereavement and mental-health needs. Pires told reporters in Geneva that the aggregate figures do not convey what the ceasefire means to families grieving children. Arab News quotes him saying that the statistics do not equate with a ceasefire for those families.

His remarks underscore the distinction between an agreement’s existence and the continuing harm UNICEF attributes to attacks. The reporting does not provide an Israeli government or military account of the attacks or the casualty figures.

The reported totals and responsibility for the deaths are UNICEF’s account as conveyed by the outlets; no independent verification is described. The reports also do not detail the circumstances of each child’s death or injury, so the recent breakdown by weapon and gunfire does not establish which incident caused each casualty.

UNICEF’s figures put the ongoing civilian cost at the center of the ceasefire story: more than 340 children killed since its announcement, with further deaths and serious injuries reported in the latest two-week period.

The accompanying displacement, loss of parents and mental-health needs describe additional burdens facing children in Gaza, while the differing dates reported for the agreement complicate the time period readers might associate with the cumulative toll.