At least one young child was among the 31 Palestinians reportedly killed on Tuesday. According to UNICEF, Israeli attacks on Gaza have killed at least 22 Palestinian children and left another 280 wounded, including 88 less than five years old. The Palestinian health ministry has given an even higher toll of 34 Palestinian children dead. At least 11 Israeli children, meanwhile, have been wounded in rocket attacks in Israel. At the United Nations, relief officials expressed alarm at the deaths of Palestinian children.

Rupert Colville, spokesperson for U.N. high commissioner for human rights: “Attacks affecting schools and religious sites, as well as the reported targeting of homes and media outlets during the past 48 hours, raise serious concerns about Israel’s commitment to its obligations under international human rights and humanitarian law.”

Marixie Mercado, UNICEF spokesperson: “Children are increasingly showing signs of severe psychosocial distress. This includes an inability to sleep, being afraid to go out in public, clinging to parents, bed wetting, nightmares and withdrawal. The children are surrounded by images of death and destruction. There are constant funerals going on in the streets, a lot of chaos and panic, and distressed adolescents in particular.”