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"The Gaza Strip is the most dangerous place in the world to be a child," Catherine Russell Executive director of UNICEF tell UN Security Council. "Based on these figures, children account for forty percent of the deaths in Gaza. This is unprecedented," she adds. SOUNDBITE
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashes out at Israel during a visit to Germany, saying that attacks on children and hospitals had no place in the Jewish holy book. "Shooting hospitals, killing children... These things are not in the Torah, you cannot do that," Erdogan says during a joint media appearance with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. SOUNDBITE
Kites flutter in the breeze in Israel's Tel Aviv as hundreds call for the release of children abducted by Hamas on October 7. The event is held annually where people fly kites to Gaza to symbolise the Israeli aspiration for peace. IMAGES
Children play at a UNRWA school in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, where displaced people have taken shelter. Israel said on Monday it had carried out more than 300 strikes on the Gaza Strip in 24 hours, killing dozens, according to the Hamas rulers of the besieged Palestinian territory. IMAGES
Russia launched an air attack on Kyiv early Thursday, killing at least three people including two children and bringing fresh terror to the city after a week of strikes. IMAGES
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen says "it is a horrible reminder of the darkest times of our history, what's happening there to deport children" as she announces she will help organise a conference on securing the return of Ukrainian children taken to Russia during the ongoing conflict during a summit in Brussels. SOUNDBITE
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