UNICEF leader describes Israel-Hamas wars brutal impact on children in Gaza
Catherine Russell:
You know, it's — those are actually legal determinations that get made.
I mean, what we would say is that all parties have these obligations to minimize the impact of these conflicts on children. I mean, ideally, there would be no conflicts in the world, but that's never been the case. That's why there are rules of law that say you have to minimize the impact on not just children, but civilians more generally.
And I think everyone has a story. Everyone has a side to their to their argument. But at the end of the day, every one of us has an obligation to do everything we possibly can to protect the people who are most innocent here, who have nothing right now, right, no responsibility for this conflict and no ability to stop it.
But they are the ones who are suffering. And the videos that you showed demonstrate the incredible loss that people feel. And I think, for all people, we know how — we have children in our lives we love so much, and we can hardly imagine what people are going through, either having children abducted for months or children who are killed or buried in the rubble. I mean, it's all horrendous.
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