The number of Palestinian children killed in Gaza over the past three weeks has officially exceeded the number of children who died in conflict zones around the world each year since 2019, according to human rights groups. Since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel and Israel’s ongoing retaliation on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, at least 3,257 children have been reported killed,. According to the health ministries in Israel and Gaza, respectively, 29 of those children were killed in Israel, 33 in the occupied West Bank and 3,195 in Gaza.For comparison, the annual death toll for children in conflicts around the world in 2022 was about 3,000. In the besieged Palestinian enclave, children make up about half the population and more than 40% of the total people killed in Gaza. Read more ⮕Israel war: IDF warns those in North Gaza and Gaza City to evacuate 'immediately'Jenny Goldsberry covers social media and trending news for the Washington Examiner.

Source: Huffington Post October 30, 2023 00:04 UTC