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1,000 children in Gaza will suffer lifelong disability from War: UN
22 August 2014 08:34 BST
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Palestine section, has released a report that said 1,000 children in Gaza will have a lifelong disability as a result of the Israeli assault on the coastal enclave.
They also reported that 140 families have lost at three relatives in individual attacks, involving 735 deaths.
The UN agency is now hosting more than 435,000 people, out of Gaza's 1.7mn population, at its facilities.