"Save the Children noted that of the 11,300 identified children killed by the Israeli military between October 7 and August 31, at least 3,100 were younger than 5. Roughly 710 children included on the ministry’s list were younger than a year old, and 2,800 have not been identified."
"Every day without a cease-fire, it gets harder to help children piece together the shattered shards of their lives," said a Save the Children official. "For thousands of children, it's already too la...
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"The [99 health] workers, who spent a combined 254 weeks in Gaza, specifically emphasize the impact that Israel’s genocide has had on children. For instance, they point out that, according to officially reported figures, Israel has killed at least 2,100 babies and toddlers since October 7."
Meanwhile, Gaza officials reported this week that Israel has wiped out 902 entire families, at a minimum.
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"About a third of the casualties are children, amounting to over 16,000 children killed by the Israeli military, which has been sponsored at every step of the genocide by U.S. officials. ... [A]t least 26,000 children have been orphaned or lost a parent amid the genocide."
Israel has killed 42,000 Palestinians and injured over 100,000 in a year — according to the most conservative counts.
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"We saw children with single bullet wounds to the head, which you have to conclude is deliberate targeting. We saw children who gave very clear descriptions of drone attacks. Again, deliberate. The drone comes down, hovers above them, fires."
Health workers fear for safety and say level of casualties and conditions are ‘unlike anything’ they have seen before
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"Ninety percent of Palestinian children killed with live ammunition fired by Israeli forces or settlers were shot in the head, torso, or in multiple areas ... Shooting a child in the head or torso demonstrates a clear intent to kill. Many of these children were shot by Israeli snipers."
Israel is killing scores of Palestinian children, Defense for Children International-Palestine’s Miranda Cleland says.