A to Z of the children killed in Gaza
A Palestinian woman carries the shrouded body of her infant killed in an Israeli strike in Rafah, southern Gaza, 19 December 2023
Mohammed Haddad and Alia Chughtai report in Al Jazeera on 20 November 2024:
The Gaza Strip is a graveyard for thousands of children, the United Nations has said.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel has killed at least 17,400 children in Gaza, according to Palestinian officials That is one child killed every 30 minutes.
Thousands more are missing under the rubble, most of them presumed dead.
The surviving children, many of whom have endured the traumatic impact of multiple wars, have spent their lives under the shadow of an Israeli blockade, influencing every aspect of their existence from birth.
Among the documented children killed, there are at least:
710 babies below the age of one
1,793 toddlers (1-3 years old)
1,205 preschoolers (4-5 years old)
4,205 primary school children (6-12 years old)
3,442 high school children (13-17 years old)