Russell took to her social media account X to express shock over the report a day before that some 10 children died of malnutrition in Gaza.
“Horrific new out of Gaza that at least 10 children have died of malnutrition and dehydration so far while many more are on the brink”, she wrote, adding that 1 in 6 children under the age of two in northern Gaza are acutely malnourished.
Russell called for a “ceasefire now”, arguing that “every minute counts” for children in Gaza facing “deadly” malnutrition.
She stated that even a minute's delay in the access of Palestinian children in Gaza to food, water, medical care and protection from Israeli bullets and bombs will have terrible consequences.
“None of these things will be possible without establishing a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza,” said the UNICEF chief who once called Gaza the "most dangerous place in the world to be a child."
Officials attached to the UN children agency has issued numerous such warnings since the onset of the war on Gaza that has mostly claimed the lives of children and women.
A UNICEF official recently said children in Gaza were compelled to escape Israeli bombardments over and over during the past months and that they eat only one meal per day under best circumstances.
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