More than half a million children in Gaza were missing out on school, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said on Friday. Philippe Lazzarini said that four months of war had taken a heavy toll on children and their future was at stake.”Every day of war deepens the scars, risking a lost generation vulnerable to exploitation,” he said. “Children are being robbed of childhood. The situation in Gaza needs to be reversed starting with a humanitarian ceasefire”, he added

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