Christian Aid is to deliver letters written by two children in Gaza to the Prime Minister next week.
The letters, on behalf of the charity's partner, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), ask Sir Keir Starmer to intervene and help bring about a permanent ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
In their letters the children describe the horrors they face.
Mais Abdel Hadi, who is the Palestinian Children’s Council President  implores the Prime Minister to “save our lives, dreams and rights, and preserve our childhood. We are not just numbers or news in media reports; we are living souls, carrying hope in our hearts, awaiting your swift and effective action…
“We wake up every day to the sound of bombs and rockets, with no safe place to seek refuge. This violent war has taken our homes, schools, families, relatives, friends and classmates. It has forced us to sleep in poor tents and in the open air, our bodies scorched by the sun during the day and deprived of sleep at night due to constant airstrikes and random shelling.”
Haba Alu Saleem lost an arm in the conflict and writes “Dear Prime Minister, will my hand grow back? Or am I condemned to live without an arm?  
"I am not a terrorist to be exterminated. I am not a terrorist for my house to be destroyed and my family killed. I am not a terrorist to live in a tent that is scorching during the day and freezing at night, unfit even for animals!  
"I should now be preparing for my final and most important year of school. But instead, I help my mother light the fire to cook what little food we have, food that doesn't even fill us.”
Haba describes the destruction of a neighbour’s house which killed more than 16 people including six children : ”these candles displaced us from our homes, burned our dreams, and scattered us!”  
The UN says nearly 15,000 children in Gaza have been killed since the war began on Oct 7 2023.
The number of children who are missing or separated from their families due to the Israel-Hamas war may be as many as 21,000, according to humanitarian aid group Save the Children.