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Over 100 children killed in Gaza since ceasefire, UNICEF says

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GENEVA, Jan ​13 (Reuters) - The U.N. children's agency said on Tuesday that over 100 children ⁠have been killed in Gaza since the October ceasefire, including victims ‍of drone and quadcopter attacks.

“More than 100 ​children have been killed in Gaza since the ceasefire of early October," UNICEF ​spokesperson James Elder told reporters at a U.N. briefing by video link from Gaza.

"Survival remains conditional, whilst the bombings and the ‌shootings have slowed, have reduced during the ceasefire, ‌they have not stopped."

He said that nearly ​all the deaths of the 60 boys and 40 girls were from ‌military attacks including air strikes, drone ⁠strikes, tank shelling, gunfire and quadcopters ‌and a ​few were from war remnants that exploded.

The tally is likely an underestimate since ⁠it is ⁠only based on deaths for which sufficient ​information was available, he said.

(Reporting by Emma FargeEditing ‌by Madeline Chambers)

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