On October 29, 2023, Save the Children stated that “the number of children reported killed in Gaza in just three weeks has surpassed the annual number of children killed across the world's conflict zones since 2019.” At that point, the number of children killed in Gaza was 3,195. The current number of children killed in Palestine exceeds 10,000. At some point, the Ministry of Health has stopped counting; unable to keep records in the current hostile environment. After returning from Gaza, UNICEF Spokesperson James Elder said, “Gaza has become a graveyard for thousands of children. It’s a living hell for everyone else.”