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Over 3,700 Palestinian kids killed in 25 days of fighting
Updated On: 03 November, 2023 08:48 AM IST | Deir Al-Balah | Agencies
Death toll surges to more than 9,000; at least 615 of those killed were 3 years old or younger
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A Palestinian man carries a dead child that was found under the rubble
More than 3,760 Palestinian children were killed in the first 25 days of the war between Israel and Hamas, according to Gaza’s Hamas-run Health Ministry. They were hit by airstrikes, smashed by misfired rockets, burned by blasts and crushed by buildings, and among them were newborns and toddlers, avid readers, aspiring journalists and boys who thought they’d be safe in a church.
Nearly half of the crowded strip’s 2.3 million inhabitants are under 18, and children account for 40 per cent of those killed so far in the war. An Associated Press analysis of Gaza Health Ministry data released last week showed that as of October 26, 2,001 children ages 12 and under had been killed, including 615 who were 3 or younger.
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