Last year was the deadliest ever for children caught in the Syrian conflict , according to UNICEF .

Friday will mark the eighth anniversary of the start of the Syrian war and its deadly toll on kids has only climbed in recent years, per the United Nations childrens agency.

In 2018 an estimated 1,106 children were killed amid the fighting the most since the war started, the group said Monday in a press release. The number of children killed has risen since UNICEF started counting in 2014, jumping from over 600 killed in 2016 to more than 900 dead in 2017.

The figures count children killed by direct violence, a UNICEF spokesperson told HuffPost, such as by airstrikes, bullets, bombs and land mines. That does not include deaths from indirect consequence of the war, including disease, malnutrition and weather exposure. Since the counts are based only on numbers the U.N. could verify, the toll is likely far higher, the group said.

There were more than 250 attacks on education and health facilities, a record high, according to the group. And more than 400 children were killed or injured last year from unexploded ordnance weapons such as bombs that didnt detonate when deployed but pose a risk of later exploding.

This year nearly 60 children reportedly have died fleeing the fight against the Islamic State militant group in the area of Baghouz, trekking to a camp for displaced people nearly 200 miles away, the group said.

Today there exists an alarming misconception that the conflict in Syria is drawing quickly to a close it is not, UNICEFs executive director, Henrietta Fore, said in the press release, adding that many children remain in as much danger as at any other time during the eight-year conflict.

UNICEF has been working in the region to provide education, health and other supports to kids, she said, adding, But this is not enough.

We call once again upon all parties, anyone with influence over them ... to make peace happen, UNICEFs Middle East regional director, Geert Cappelaere, said at a press conference Monday. Not tomorrow, now.