Over a million children in Gaza are in urgent need of mental health support after enduring unimaginable trauma, the UN relief chief has revealed.

An entire generation has been traumatized in Gaza, with one million children requiring mental health and psychosocial support, according to the UN relief chief Tom Fletcher.

“The ceasefire has provided a vital reprieve from relentless hostilities for Palestinians,” Fletcher told the UN Security Council on Thursday during a session on the plights of children in Gaza.

Testifying to what Gaza’s children have endured in the past 15 months, Fletched said “Children have been killed, starved and frozen to death,” adding that they have been “maimed, orphaned, separated from their family.”