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<p>GAZA, (PIC)&#8211; Deputy Speaker of the  Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Ahmed Bahar has called on the  United Nations to protect Gaza&#8217;s children as Israel has boosted  aggression on the Strip for the last two weeks killing many civilians  including children.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The statements came as hundreds of children  marched waving Palestinian flags and chanting calls for children&#8217;s  rights to mark Palestinian Child Day on Tuesday, April 5. Staged by the  Gaza ministry of sports, youth and culture, the march began in downtown  Gaza and took its trail to the PLC headquarters.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">”[The symbolic march] is designed to draw  attention to the suffering of Palestinian children and to demand the  just rights provided by international conventions and human rights  laws,” said Ahmed Moheisin, director general of the ministry&#8217;s children  department.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Bahar, who was present at the event,  addressed the need to provide a more secure life to Palestinian children  and to lauch more ”ambitious” projects that cater for the ”builders of  the future”. He said Palestinian child day is an occassion set to  commemorate hope to end all forms of injustice the Palestinian children  have suffered during the Israeli aggression.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Gaza minister Mohammed al-Madhoun  highlighted a number of projects underway aimed at encouraging children  to face the psychological effects of the Israeli aggression.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">For their part, the children asked for security and nutrition and end to the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip.</p>
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