DCIP: 4,237 Palestinian children killed as Gaza becomes "graveyard for children"
Posted by sashimi on November 7, 2023, 10:56 pm
7 Nov 2023
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
-As can be clearly inferred by Golda Meirs own dishonest and somewhat chilling words:
"We can forgive [the Arabs] for killing our children. We cannot forgive them for forcing us to kill their children. We will only have peace with [the Arabs] when they love their children more than they hate us..."
Re: DCIP: 4,237 Palestinian children killed as Gaza becomes "graveyard for children"
",,,lack the temerity..." obviously not the right expression. Instead lack the moral authority? But even that's too timid - actually for the moment I can't think of anything pithy to stand for the spineless, cruel, cowardly, inhumane, corrupt, nauseating and totally morally derelict attitude and behaviour of the Western leadership in the face of this crime against humanity. This complete absence of any moral compass in our leadership any longer will take us all to some very dark places very soon.....and it will be our own shattered children and society that we will ultimately be weeping over. I'm afraid I can't get to the 11th November protest in London as I have to visit a sick relative in Scotland before I return to NZ. I hope at least some of you will be able to go.