Flo Brookes

Global Media Manger @save_children. Prev @savechildrenuk, @UNICEF_uk, @ActionAidUK. Social justice and outdoor sports enthusiast. She/her. Views own

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FEATURED: @Independent

400,000 displaced in Lebanon by Israeli bombardment and invasion.

"My children always say, ‘We want to go home. When are we going back home and back to school?’ They tell me they just want to play in the garden again."

https://t.co/HuzMCLgr2v

[Flo Brookes @FloBrookes]

“Attacks on civilians have not stopped – it has simply continued under another name” @noraingdal

Israeli attacks on Lebanon have killed or injured more than four children on average per day in the first 25 days of the “ceasefire”. @AJEnglish

https://t.co/QM6bWBcrIn

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Interview with @alex_saieh on @abcnews

Rodents are chewing through tents and contaminating food supplies. @save_children staff have spoken with families who are too afraid to sleep at night, worried their children will be bitten by rats.

https://t.co/pj8Qe0QoKv

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FEATURED: @AJEnglish

Israeli settlers block Palestinian children from school in #WestBank. “No child should be denied the right to education, too scared to walk to school or be faced with violence while travelling to school.”@AhmadAlhendawi @save_children
https://t.co/IcJIY20dIJ

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FEATURED: @novaramedia

At least two children have been killed or injured every single day in the six months since the ceasefire was agreed.

“This is not peace for children in Gaza” @SaveCEO_Intl

https://t.co/HHRYGCiNdm

[Flo Brookes @FloBrookes]

FEATURED: @guardian

This morning five humanitarian organisations including @save_children issued a scorecard of the Gaza ceasefire six months after it was agreed – and they concluded it is “failing”.

https://t.co/yW0QUDPi8A

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WEST BANK: Rising settler violence forces 10 times more children from their homes in 2026. https://t.co/GZ68iFvlUs

[The Associated Press @AP]

Experts say adults can help children cope with the latest conflict in the Middle East by making space for conversation, validating their feelings and limiting exposure to frightening or inaccurate information. https://t.co/zeKxXsfpaT

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NEWS QUOTE: Children sleeping in cars and on the streets in #Lebanon as families seek safety
"Parents are sitting on the side of the streets crying, exhausted after being unable to get into proper shelters with their children." Nora Ingdal @save_children
https://t.co/IFvnvWviZZ

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STAFF ACCOUNT: My first week of Ramadan in Gaza

"The tables are incomplete this year, not only because of what is missing from the plates, but because of who is missing from the chairs." Shurouq, Multimedia Manager, Gaza @save_children

https://t.co/IONKuzhkSM

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Gaza: "Under the new restrictions it would take over a year for those that need urgent medical evacuations to leave #Gaza. Rafah border must be opened without restrictions, anything less is a facade." Shurouq, @save_children multimedia manager in Gaza

https://t.co/hKPEWIcdV8

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STATEMENT: As a state of emergency is declared freezing temperatures of up to –20 degrees Celsius (-4F) have forced the closure of many schools across Ukraine so far this year, after a near doubling of attacks on energy infrastructure

https://t.co/Rq4obnlwXX

[Flo Brookes @FloBrookes]

@DanielHewittITV This is a brilliant piece with disabled people truly at the heart

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For the past year we’ve investigated how the care system, NHS and courts are failing and neglecting learning disabled people, with fatal consequences.

They consistently tell us: we don’t have a voice.

We decided to listen. Their words should shame us all https://t.co/BjxbKMY7si

[Big Issue @BigIssue]

These raw, heartfelt voice notes are straight from Gaza’s frontline: ‘Even the silence is frightening’ https://t.co/fzl1xpLzZx

[SavetheChildren News @SaveUKNews]

"Humanitarian aid is a right and an obligation and cannot be superseded by political negotiations and political or military goals. Aid is a tool for relief, not control."

📰@aliggetssocial writes for @guardianopinion

https://t.co/jidvrrFYPW

[Save the Children UK @savechildrenuk]

"The humanitarian situation on the ground continues to be catastrophic."

Our piece in the Guardian today on the urgent need for long-term unimpeded aid access in Gaza.

https://t.co/jpiALfaH2L

[Sky News @SkyNews]

'There would never ever ever be a safe space in Gaza again', is what one Palestinian child replied when asked what would make them feel safe

Dan Stewart, Head of News, Save the Children UK describes to @SkyYaldaHakim the impact of the war on children in Gaza

https://t.co/bm08iXLBhR

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🚨PRESS RELEASE: Annie Lennox, Guy Pearce and Poppy Delevingne amongst stars fronting poignant poetry project denouncing the killing of children in #Gaza

Content and spokespeople available for interview

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Text Copyright © 2015 Michael Rosen, published by Smokestack Books

‘Don’t Mention the Children’ was written in 2014 by the children’s author, poet and activist Michael Rosen following a @guardian report that the Israeli government had banned a radio advert naming children killed in Gaza.

Gaza is now the deadliest place in the world to be a child. Over 20,000 children have been killed by Israeli forces. The actual number is undoubtedly higher.

These children had names, and favourite subjects in school. They wanted to be teachers, doctors and astronauts when they grew up – the same as children in the UK and across the world.

They were, and still are, someone's everything: their entire universe.

We refuse to allow their suffering to become normalised. We must make their voices heard.

With Save the Children UK and @chooselove, we called on actors, presenters, activists and influencers to use their voices and platforms to ensure these children can never be erased.

The poem was written to expose the silencing of children’s suffering in the face of devastating violence. Since then, the situation for children has only grown worse. Its message remains painfully relevant today.

Demand Prime Minister Keir Starmer takes urgent action for children in Gaza and the West Bank.

Sign our petition: https://t.co/nOnNXbY9gf

'Don't Mention the Children' – a poem by: @MichaelRosenYes

Narrated by:

Misan Harriman
Zawe Ashton
Beth Orton
Laura Bailey
Laura Whitmore
Khalid Abdalla
Dawn O’Porter
Nadia Sawalha
Jolyon Rubenstein
Indira Varma
Jen Brister
Daniel Ings
Denise Gough
Stephen Kapos
Max la Manna
Ambika Mod
Vanessa Redgrave
Joely Richardson
Nathalie Emmanuel
Poppy Delevingne
Dr Mo Mustafa
Guy Pearce
Michael Rosen
Juliet Stevenson
Annie Lennox