Save Children: 10,000 children killed by Israeli airstrikes and ground operations in Gaza

GAZA, Jan. 12 (YPA) – Save Children Organization said that more than 10,000 children have been killed by Israeli airstrikes and ground operations in Gaza since the start of the war on October 7.

“The latest data from the Ministry of Health in Gaza shows more than 10,000 of Gaza’s 1.1 million children – or 1% of the total child population – have been killed since an attack on Israel on 7 October [1] and the assault on Gaza that has followed. The war will have been ongoing for 100 days on Sunday 14 January,” Save Children said in its report.

According to the report, Children in Gaza surviving the violence are enduring unspeakable horrors, including life-changing injuries, burns, disease, inadequate medical care, and losing their parents and other loved ones.  They have been forced to flee violence, often repeatedly, with no safe place to go, and face the terror of an uncertain future. About 1,000 children in Gaza have lost one or both of their legs, many having them amputated without anesthetic, and will require a lifetime of medical care.

Save the Children’s Country Director for the occupied Palestinian territory, Jason Lee said that “for every day without a definitive ceasefire, 100 children on average have been killed.”

Lee added, “For nearly 100 days, children have been paying the price for a conflict they have no part in. They are terrified, hurt, maimed, displaced. One percent of the child population of Gaza has already been killed by Israeli bombardments and ground operations. Others risk being killed by starvation and disease with famine coming ever closer. For children who have survived, the mental harm inflicted and the utter devastation of infrastructure including homes, schools, and hospitals has decimated their futures.”

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