“On average, a child is killed and 2 are injured every 10 minutes during the war,” UNRWA said in a statement published on X.
Israeli airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip have killed a Palestinian child every 10 minutes on average since the beginning of the war on October 7, the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said on Monday.
“On average, a child is killed and 2 are injured every 10 minutes during the war,” UNRWA said in a statement published on X, adding:
“Protecting civilians in times of conflict is not an aspiration or an ideal; it is an obligation and a commitment to our shared humanity.”
Israel has, thus far, killed over 10,022 Palestinians in Gaza, including 4,800 children and 2,550 women, and wounded more than 25,000. Palestinian Ministry of Health reports and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children.
Palestinian #children light candles during a vigil at the Shifa hospital demanding to stop the Israeli aggression on #Gaza.
3,915 children have been killed since the beginning of the war, on October 7. pic.twitter.com/bxFXw9YiHB
— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) November 3, 2023
Despite a massive Israeli military buildup around the Gaza borders and sporadic infiltrations on the outskirts of the besieged Strip, Palestinian Resistance continues to repel Israeli attacks.
To justify its military failure, the Israeli army continues to pound civilian homes throughout the Gaza Strip with new massacres reported everywhere in the besieged enclave.
Gaza has been under a tight Israeli military siege since 2007, following a democratic election in occupied Palestine, the results of which were rejected by Tel Aviv and Washington.
(The Palestine Chronicle)
