Israeli forces have killed twice as many Palestinian children in Gaza over the
past month than the total number of Palestinian children killed in the West Bank
and Gaza combined since 1967.
Israeli forces have killed at least 4,237 Palestinian children in Gaza in one
month since the Israeli military unleashed a massive military offensive on the
Gaza Strip on October 7, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in
Gaza. There are an additional 1,350 children missing under the rubble of
destroyed buildings, most of whom are presumed dead, meaning that over 5,500
Palestinian children have been killed in Gaza over the past 30 days, at a rate
of over 180 children per day.
Between September 2000 and October 6, 2023, DCIP independently verified that
Israeli forces and settlers killed 2,187 Palestinian children throughout the
occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip. Israeli forces
killed at least 281 Palestinian children between December 9, 1987 and September
28, 2000, according to B'Tselem. Palestinian estimates suggest Israeli forces
killed no more than 100 Palestinian children between June 1967, when Israeli
forces occupied the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, and
December 1987.
"Israeli forces are killing Palestinian children at a shocking rate as world
leaders actively show, day after day, that they lack the temerity to force an
end to the bombardment, the bare minimum humanitarian response," said Ayed Abu
Eqtaish, accountability program director at DCIP. "For decades, the
international community has supported and justified Israeli war crimes and the
denial of the Palestinian people's right to self-determination, prioritizing the
security of the Israeli people at the expense of Palestinian life. Palestinian
children are bearing the brunt of that complicity and the failure of
international law, protection, and accountability mechanisms."
-- Cont'd at https://www.dci-palestine.org/4237_palestinian_children_killed_as_gaza_becomes_graveyard_for_children
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