New York - More than 300 children have been killed and 1,500 others injured by the Israel-Hamas fighting in Gaza Strip, the UN Children's Fund said Wednesday.
"Each day more children are being hurt, their small bodies wounded and their young lives shattered," UNICEF director Ann Veneman said.
UNICEF said children, who constitute a majority of the 1.5 million-population in Gaza, and their families are trapped by the fighting. Israel and Hamas are now engaged in battle close to centers of residential areas, posing more threats to Palestinian civilians.