RESTRICTION SUMMARY: Gaza - 4 June 2022. A Palestinian girl, Maria Abu Hatab, 6, plays with her toys on the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, at house, in Gaza city.

0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) yousef Abu Hatab
0.2 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Maria Abu Hatab


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International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression 2022: With children being one of the most vulnerable members of society, they are subject to a range of crimes and violence throughout the world. Acknowledging the pain and suffering experienced by the children who are victims of emotional, physical and mental abuse, June 4 is observed as the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression.

The United Nations General Assembly had decided to mark June 4 as the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression at its emergency session on August 19, 1982. The session was held after the Lebanon war started on June 6 that year and claimed the lives of numerous people including many Palestinian and Lebanese children. The UN noted that it was “appalled at the great number of innocent Palestinian and Lebanese children victims of Israel’s acts of aggression”.

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