a new study of children living through the war in gaza has found that 96% of them feel that their death is imminent and almost half want to die as a result of the trauma they have been through. a needs assessment, carried out by a gaza-based ngo sponsored by the war child alliance charity, also found that 92% of the children in the survey were not accepting of reality, 79% suffer from nightmares and 73% exhibit symptoms of aggression. the estimated death toll in gaza is more than 44,000 and a recent assessment by the un human rights office found that 44% of the fatalities it was able to verify were children. about 1.9 million palestinians in gaza, approximately 90% of the territorys total population, have been displaced, many several times. half of that number are children who have lost their home and been forced to flee their neighbourhoods. more than 60% of the surveyed children reported having experienced traumatic events during the war and some had been exposed to multiple traumatic events. an estimated 17,000 children in gaza are unaccompanied, separated from their parents, although the study notes the real number may be much higher. more than 60% of the surveyed children reported having experienced traumatic events during the war and some had been exposed to multiple traumatic events. an estimated 17,000 children in gaza are unaccompanied, separated from their parents, although the study notes the real number may be much higher. the sense of being doomed has become pervasive. almost all the children (96%) felt their death was imminent, and 49% actually wished to die, a feeling that was much more prevalent among boys (72%) than girls (26%).   024/dec/11/death-feels-imminent-for -96-of-children-in-gaza-study-finds
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