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Gaza authorities said more than 1,400 Palestinians, mainly civilians, including children, have already been killed and more than 6,000 wounded. A land invasion in the densely populated territory ...
During October, a higher number of children perished in Gaza compared to the combined total of children lost in all other conflicts annually since 2019. This alarming statistic prompted United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to describe Gaza as a "graveyard for children." [107] 38 children were killed during a Hamas-led attack on ...
The nearly nine-month Israel-Hamas war has devastated Gaza’s health sector and forced most of its hospitals to shut down. Dr. Mohammed Zaqout, the head of Gaza’s hospitals, said over 25,000 ...
Before the war, there were high numbers of children in Gaza that had documented high levels of emotional distress and mental illness, with a study in 2011 found that among Palestinian children PTSD rates were between 23-70%, [29] while a UNICEF study in 2021 found one in three children in Gaza needed care for conflict-related trauma. [30]
Civilians, including children, are often killed in the bombardments. The aftermath of an Israeli airstrike on the Sousi Mosque in Gaza City. - Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies
According to Gaza Health Ministry, 47 were injured. [9] [1] A regional director for Save the Children called it the deadliest attack on a school since October 2023. [6] The Palestinian Civil Defence said that 11 children and six women were among the victims, [4] and elderly civilians were also reported to be among the victims of the disaster. [11]
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The wreckage goes on for block after devastated block. More than five weeks into Israel’s war against Hamas, some streets are more like graveyards. Officials ...
The video shows armed Hamas militants patting children on the back, rocking children in a stroller, and giving a child water. [165] On 16 October, Hamas released a video of a 21-year-old French Israeli woman pleading to be returned to her family, while someone bandages her injured arm and a scar is visible. [ 166 ]