Children in urban war zones die in vast numbers from diarrhea, respiratory infections, and other causes, owing to unsafe drinking water, lack of refrigerated foods, and acute shortages of blood and basic medicines at clinics and hospitals (that is, if civilians even dare to leave their houses for medical care). Yet the Red Crescent and other relief agencies have been unable to relieve Falluja’s civilian population.
导致平民死亡率激增的原因只有一个，那就是暴力冲突。处于巷战地带的儿童由于食用污染饮用水，缺乏冷藏食物，加之当地医疗机构和医院（如果百姓敢把自己的屋子留做医院的话）紧缺血液和基本医药，而患上了霍乱、呼吸道传染，或由于其他原因，大批死亡。