NEW YORK CITY: Once a refuge for families, Gaza City is now a place where “childhood cannot survive,” a leading UNICEF official said on Thursday. “It is a city of fear, flight and funerals,” said Tess Ingram, the organization’s communications manager for the Middle East and North Africa, speaking from Gaza. “The world is sounding the alarm about what an intensified military offensive in Gaza City could bring: a catastrophe for nearly 1 million people.

NEW YORK CITY: Once a refuge for families, Gaza City is now a place where “childhood cannot survive,” a leading UNICEF official said on Thursday. “It is a city of fear, flight and…

Almost one million remain in the city; those who flee risk death elsewhere in enclave, with no safe place to hide.