GENEVA, Oct. 17 -- Norhan, 16, now cooks, cleans and plays with her one-year-old sister Narjis, because their mother was shot while eight months pregnant and died the day after giving birth. UNICEF spokesperson Ricardo Pires told reporters in Geneva on Friday that her family is one of many: more than 340 children have been reported killed in Gaza since the ceasefire was announced a little over a year ago, and the "terrible statistics do not equate with a ceasefire as most would imagine one."

In the past two weeks alone, UNICEF said, five boys and two girls were reported killed and at least 33 children seriously injured in air strikes, drone strikes and gunfire. A UNICEF report dated October 7 says nearly half of the children reported kil...