The United Nations Children’s Fund spokesperson, James Elder, has pointed to the psychological trauma experienced by children in Gaza while on a visit to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, in the central part of the Strip, Al Jazeera reports.

In a video posted on his Instagram account, Elder told the story of 11-year-old girl Jina, who was paralysed from the waist down following an air strike two days ago.

“Jina is still completely unaware of what happened to her. She is now in a state of deep despair and just wants to get out of here, but she cannot get medical evacuation,” he said. “Doctors assure me that there is currently no possibility of treating her paralysis.”

“If we consider that every classroom has 25 children, this means that the equivalent of 2,000 classrooms of children have been affected by this disaster,” he said. “Therefore, this tragedy must end.”