Unicef has called for an end to violence in Gaza following the killing of at least 45 children in the past two days.

“The reported killing of at least 45 children in the Gaza Strip in the last two days is yet another devastating reminder that children in Gaza are suffering first and foremost, having to starve day after day only to be victims of indiscriminate attacks," the agency said in a statement.

It added that over 950 children were killed in Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip in just the past two months and stressed that the "daily suffering and killing of children must end immediately”.