*On average, Israel has killed about 75 children in Gaza each day since October.* 1 in 50 Children in Gaza Have Been Killed or Injured by Israel in Just 6 Months by Sharon Zhang, Truthout, April 8, 2024 https://truthout.org/articles/1-in-50-children-in-gaza-have-been-killed-or-injured-by-israel-in-just-6-months/ . . . Previous reports have found that Israel is killing and injuring children at a rate that is unprecedented <https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/29/more-childrens-deaths-in-gaza-in-3-weeks-than-annual-total-since-2019-ngo> compared to any modern conflict. On average, Israel has killed about 75 children in Gaza each day over the course of the last six months, while many of the children who have survived have sustained lifelong injuries; an average of over 10 children are having one or both legs <https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/08/middleeast/gaza-children-losing-legs-disease-intl-hnk/index.html> amputated every day in Gaza. Doctors in the region say that Israeli snipers have also been targeting <https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/02/gaza-palestinian-children-killed-idf-israel-war> children.
Aside from injuries from the relentless bombings and gunfire, children are being starved by Israel’s famine campaign. Israel’s food blockade has left half of the population of Gaza at imminent risk of famine, with Palestinians in northern Gaza having access to only an average of 245 calories a day, Oxfam recently reported. As of the end of March, according to the World Health Organization, at least 27 children have been reported as having died of starvation; in northern Gaza, between 12 and 17 percent of children under 5 years old are suffering from acute malnutrition, while 2 to 6 percent of the children in southern Gaza are experiencing the same. Even if these children don’t die from malnutrition, doctors say the prolonged periods of hunger will stunt their growth and development, which will affect their health for the rest of their lives. The mental toll on children is also extremely dire, as humanitarian groups have warned. In February, UNICEF reported that Israel’s siege had orphaned 19,000 Palestinian children; humanitarian groups have reported children in Gaza as young as five telling aid workers that they are suicidal. Further, due to Israel’s systemic dismantling of the health system in Gaza, including the total destruction of Al-Shifa Hospital, the largest hospital in the region, simple injuries can be life threatening for children. . . . -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#29838): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/29838 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/105411515/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
