The number of children who died due to starvation and dehydration has increased to 31. On the other hand, 1,000 children have lost one or both legs due to Israeli aggression in Gaza. In addition, 4 children are killed every hour in Gaza.
Israel continues to attack the besieged Palestinian territory of Gaza. Apart from schools, refugee camps, mosques, churches, hospitals are also being attacked. As a result, Gaza’s health system has already collapsed. Along with this, a severe humanitarian crisis has arisen in this blockaded territory.
In this situation, the number of children who died of starvation and dehydration in Gaza has increased to 31. On the other hand, 1,000 children have lost one or both legs due to Israeli aggression in Gaza. In addition, 4 children are killed every hour in Gaza.
The number of children said to have died of starvation and dehydration in Gaza has risen to 31, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS).
PRCS published several posts on social media platform X on Thursday in honor of Palestinian Children’s Day. One of the posts read, ‘1000 children in Gaza have lost one or both legs. ‘
At least 33,037 Palestinians have been killed and 75,668 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7 last year, the Gaza Ministry of Health said on Thursday.
Most of the dead were women and children in Israel’s six-month-long offensive. The number of Palestinian women and children killed in Gaza by Israeli attacks is more than 24,000. Gaza’s official media office said on Wednesday that since October 7 last year, the Israeli army has carried out 2,922 massacres in the Gaza Strip. And because of this, a total of 14 thousand 500 children and 9 thousand 560 women were killed in Gaza. Besides, another 7,000 people are trapped under the rubble or are missing.
The media office also said 73 percent of those targeted by Israeli strikes in Gaza were women and children. In addition, 17,000 children in Gaza are living without either of their parents.
Recalling the famine in Gaza, the media office said, 30 children have died in Gaza so far due to malnutrition and dehydration. It also said 484 health care workers, 140 journalists and 65 civil defense workers were also killed in the Israeli attack.
