In Rotterdam, Stichting Plant een Olijfboom organized a commemoration for Gaza's children by displaying 8,000 pairs of shoes, representing the estimated number of children killed in the conflict. The event aimed to humanize the victims and call for a ceasefire. Dutch citizens donated shoes and volunteers from various backgrounds, including a Palestinian volunteer named Abdullah Rashid, participated. The initiative, which received a positive response, is part of a series of protests in the Netherlands expressing solidarity with the Palestinian cause and dissatisfaction with the Dutch government's support for Israel.

Funding cuts in Syria may cause up to 100,000 children in Idlib, the last rebel-held province, to miss out on schooling in the coming weeks. Nearly one-third of Idlib's children are already not attending school.

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham leader Abu Mohammed al-Golani attended the opening of the Aleppo-Bab al-Hawa road on January 7, alongside the prime minister of the HTS-affiliated Syrian Salvation Government, Ali Keda. This marks the first major project by the Syrian Salvation Government in areas not controlled by the Syrian government.