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2025-01-20 23:09

By Wesam Bahrani

Resistance pays off: Palestinian women and children walk free from Israeli prisons

TEHRAN – Israel released 90 women and children as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal. Some were jailed for throwing stones or sending posts on social media.

HRW says Heinous crimes in Gaza conflict must be punished, regardless of the truce

2025-01-17 13:25

More than 100 people killed in Gaza since truce deal: civil defence

At least 101 Palestinians have been killed and more than 264 injured by Israeli attacks in Gaza since the announcement of the recent ceasefire agreement, according to the enclave’s civil defense.

2025-01-11 18:11

Tehran to host tourism festival dedicated to children and young adults

TEHRAN - A tourism festival and exhibition dedicated to children and young adults will take place from June 9 to June 13, at the Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults in Tehran.

2024-12-24 22:23

By Wesam Bahrani

One Palestinian child “killed every hour”

TEHRAN – The United Nations has underscored the stark reality for children facing the U.S.-backed Israeli genocidal war in the blockaded Gaza Strip.

2024-12-21 22:30

UNICEF: Gaza children face ‘unimaginable suffering’

UNICEF has condemned the dire conditions faced by children in Gaza, describing them as "cold, sick and traumatized", with 96 percent of women and children unable to meet basic nutritional needs.

2024-12-15 18:17

Children of Jiroft take a journey back 5,000 years!

TEHRAN - Under the banner “I Am a Heritage Guardian,” a cultural initiative aimed at connecting children with their ancestral heritage, several kids and students from the Jiroft region recently embarked on a symbolic journey back 5,000 years.

2024-11-19 22:49

Israel has killed nearly 17,500 children in Gaza

Israel has killed 17,492 children in Gaza since declaring war on the Palestinian territory in October last year, that’s according to a report published by the Government Media Office in Gaza.

2024-11-19 15:26

UNICEF, Book City join hands to foster children's well-being

TEHRAN – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Book City Institute have signed a three-year agreement to promote children’s welfare and rights across the country.

2024-11-09 19:45

By Wesam Bahrani

UN: women and children make up 70% of Gaza death toll

TEHRAN- The United Nations has confirmed the “horrific reality that has unfolded” for the Palestinian people in Gaza since October 2023.

The majority of Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza are women and children. (Photo: Mahmoud Ajjour, The Palestine Chronicle)

2024-11-08 22:02

70% of Gaza dead are women, children: UN

The UN Human Rights Office said on Friday that nearly 70 percent of those killed in Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza are women and children, calling it “a systematic violation of the fundamental principles of international humanitarian law”.

2024-10-29 23:06

UN agencies condemn Israel's ban on UNRWA

UNICEF spokesperson James Elder warned that Israel’s ban on UNRWA could lead to “the collapse of the humanitarian system in Gaza,” adding that this decision “creates a new way to kill children.”

2024-10-08 15:34

A bicycle for Gaza: a child's call to compassion

SHIRAZ- Nestled in the heart of Khafr County, Fath Abad has long been without a high school, compelling its youth to seek education beyond the village's borders. I found myself studying at Qods Boys' High School in Taleqan, where the spirit of Quds Day instilled a sense of community and purpose among us students.

2024-09-24 20:55

UNICEF: Many children still "missing under rubble" in Lebanon

Many children remain “missing under rubble” and caught “on dangerous roads” after Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon, the UN children’s agency warned.

Israel hits another school in Nuseirat camp, 14 killed, many under rubble

2024-09-11 22:47

Women, children are torn into pieces in attack on Gaza school

The Palestinian Civil Defence has said that at least 14 people, including women and children, were killed in an Israeli air attack on a school-turned-shelter in the Nuseirat school in central Gaza Strip.

2024-08-25 17:55

Special pottery workshop for children held

TEHRAN - A special pottery workshop for children and young adults was recently organized in the village of Korit, which is situated in Tabas county of South Khorasan province.

2024-08-24 22:26

Hungry Palestinian children collect flour mixed with sand

Video posted on social media, and verified by Al Jazeera’s fact-checking unit, shows two children in Gaza collecting spilled flour from the sandy ground.

UNICEF says about 17,000 children in Gaza are estimated to be unaccompanied or separated from their parents

2024-08-24 21:58

Children in Gaza 'at forefront' of war: UNRWA chief

Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), has said that children in Gaza are "bearing the brunt" of the war.

2024-08-14 20:40

By Wesam Bahrani

At least 115 babies in Gaza have been killed in Israeli raids

Israel kills newborn twins

TEHRAN- At least 115 babies born after the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza that began on October 7 have now been killed, the Gaza health ministry says.

2024-07-26 20:10

US medical workers: Gaza children ‘deliberately’ shot

A group of 45 American doctors and nurses who have experience working in Gaza since October have written a letter to US President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris recounting “the massive human toll from Israel’s attack” on the territory, Al Jazeera reported.