APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza - 14 April 2021. A Palestinian man distributes free food for Poor families during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in al-Shijaiyah neighborhood
01.SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Walid Al-Hattab
STORYLINE
The territory of Gaza, which is one of the most populated areas in the world, has been under a blockade that Israel imposed since 2003. This has further severed access to humanitarian assistance in the region.
In the face of the current pandemic, child poverty in Palestine may spike at a rapid rate, which could result in a setback of a whole generation. Children in Palestine need the immediate and urgent attention of the world community so that another generation does not have to live with poverty, malnutrition and underdevelopment with immensely poor living conditions.
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