Israel has killed 2,100 Gaza babies under 2 years of age: Euro-Med
The Geneva-based Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor says out of nearly 17,000 Palestinian children Israel has killed in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, almost 2,100 were babies under the age of two.
“The number of Palestinian children – whether infants or children in general – killed by the Israeli army is horrifying, and the rate of their killing is unprecedented in the history of modern wars,” it said.
“It also represents a dangerous trend based on the dehumanization of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Israel’s military targets Palestinians and their children daily, methodically, and widely in the most heinous and brutal ways possible, and virtually without pause for 10 consecutive months.”
The Israeli army has killed 2,100 Palestinian infants and toddlers under the age of two, out of the about 17,000 children it has killed in #Gaza since the start of its genocide in Octoberhttps://t.co/WXaZtMt44F
— Euro-Med Monitor (@EuroMedHR) August 14, 2024
Some 1.7 million people in the Gaza Strip are estimated to have been internally displaced – half of them children. They do not have enough access to water, food, fuel and medicine.
In July, UN experts sounded the alarm about the Palestinian children in the besieged territory losing their lives due to Israel’s “starvation campaign.”
Palestinian father mourns new born twins killed by Israel
In the most recent instance of Israeli barbarism, Muhammad Abu al-Qumsan was on his way on August 14 to register his newborn twins' birth, when an Israeli strike killed them both, as well as his wife and mother-in-law.
“Five minutes after getting the birth certificate, I was getting their death certificates,” Qumsan, 33, said.
The Qumsan family have been displaced three times since October.
His wife, a pharmacist, and the twins were among at least 23 people, including a nine-month-old baby, killed in several Israeli strikes in the area.
Humanitarian organizations say all of Gaza’s children have been exposed to the traumatic experiences of war.
Kindly Don’t skip this story🙏
— Martyrs of Gaza (@GazaMartyrs) August 13, 2024
Muhammad Abu Al-Qumsan was on his way to collect birth certificates for his newborn twins, ready to embrace fatherhood. But before he could return, his world was shattered. An Israeli attack claimed the lives of his wife, Jumana, and their… pic.twitter.com/V5mdxldngp
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) says about 625,000 children in Gaza have been out of school for an entire academic year due to the war.
In a post on X, the agency’s chief, Philippe Lazzarini, warned that without education, children are at risk of “violence and exploitation, including child labour, early marriage, and recruitment by armed groups.”
“We must bring children back to learning.”
🛑In #Gaza: 625,000 children including 300,000 UNRWA students have lost one year of school.
— Philippe Lazzarini (@UNLazzarini) August 14, 2024
🛑 Four in five school buildings in Gaza have been directly hit or damaged. They need to be rebuilt or fixed to be used as schools.
I told @EduCannotWait :
➡️ The longer children stay…
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