UNICEF spokesperson Tess Ingram says children in Gaza are “excited” following the ceasefire as they think they will be able to return to their lives.
She told Al Jazeera: “Children were jumping around, celebrating; a little girl hugged me and said, ‘Thank you’. I think that really is the sentiment. Take 13-year-old Maysara from Jabalia who we spoke to. He told us children like him were tired of war, they wanted to return ‘to live our childhood’.”
However, she also urged for more aid coming into Gaza.
“We have more than 1,300 trucks prepositioned around the Gaza Strip, ready to come in with life-saving supplies for children, and as they enter, we will have more,” she added.