Children

This section documents the crimes targeting Palestinian children during the war on the Gaza Strip, including indiscriminate attacks and bombings that resulted in the death and injury of hundreds of innocent children. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) stated that the Gaza Strip has become the most dangerous place for children in the world, and a UNICEF official said, "A child suffering from illness in Gaza is condemned to a slow death because they cannot receive the treatment they need, and it is unlikely they will survive long enough to leave." Since October 7, 2023, Israeli occupation forces have killed more than sixteen thousand Palestinian children.

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Recovery of children from Jouda family

On April 20, 2024, Israeli occupation aircraft targeted a house belonging to Jouda family in Al-Shaboura Refugee Camp, in the center of Rafah city, resulting in dozens of victims and injuries, most of them children.

Children Mohammed and Maryam Matar

Israeli occupation committed a crime against the children Mohammed, 35 days old, and Maryam, one year old. They were martyred after the Israeli occupation aircraft bombed their house, along with a large number of their relatives.

Children of Al-Ghouti family

Dr. Hadeel Al-Jamal was receiving patients with her medical colleagues at Abu Youssef Al-Najjar Hospital after Israeli occupation aircraft bombed the area, only to be shocked to find her own children and husband among the injured. The Israeli occupation aircraft had bombed the house of Al-Ghouti family in the Al-Janina neighborhood in Rafah Governorate, southern Gaza Strip, on October 22, 2023.

Children of Al-Qrinawi family

On December 18, 2023, Israeli occupation aircraft bombed the house of the Al-Qrinawi family in Al-Nuseirat Refugee Camp without prior warning, committing a massacre against children and women.

The names of the child victims are:

Al-Shaimaa Ali Hisham Al-Qrinawi (2 years old).

Tala Nahed Ahmed Al-Qrinawi (9 years old).

Ahmed Ammar Ahmed Al-Qrinawi (11 years old).

Children of Al-Dahdoh family

On October 25, 2023, Israeli occupation aircraft bombed the house of journalist Wael Al-Dahdoh in Al-Nuseirat Refugee Camp without prior warning, committing a massacre against the family. Thirteen people were killed, including 9 children.

The names of the victims are:

Kareem Mahmoud Jameel Al-Dahdoh (1 year old).
Malak Mohammed Amin Al-Dahdoh (6 years old).
Sham Wael Hamdan Al-Dahdoh (6 years old).
Mayar Mohammed Amin Al-Dahdoh (9 years old).
Mahmoud Wael Hamdan Al-Dahdoh (15 years old).
Nada Shaaban Ibrahim Al-Dahdoh (10 years old).
Adam Majdy Jaber Al-Dahdoh (less than 1 year old).
Majd Mohammed Amin Al-Dahdoh (1 year old).
Mais Mohammed Amin Al-Dahdoh (4 years old).

Children of Oweida family

On December 9, 2023, Israeli occupation aircraft bombed the house of Oweida family in Al-Nuseirat Refugee Camp without prior warning, with children being the victims of the attack.

Children of Al-Harkali family

On October 16, 2023, Israeli occupation aircraft bombed the house of Al-Harkali family in Gaza City without prior warning, committing a massacre against children. The victims were:

Layla Mohammed Mo’een Al-Harkali (9 years old).
Akram Mohammed Mo’een Al-Harkali (1 year old).
Mo’een Jalal Mo’een Al-Harkali (13 years old).
Mohammed Jalal Mo’een Al-Harkali (9 years old).
Ritaj Jalal Mo’een Al-Harkali (11 years old).
Abdul Rahman Jalal Mo’een Al-Harkali (6 years old).
Masa Jalal Mo’een Al-Harkali (less than 1 year old).

Child Sara Basheer

On August 21, 2024, Israeli occupation committed a crime against the Basheer family by targeting their house in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, with a tank shell, resulting in the martyrdom of the child Sarah Basheer (13 years old).

Children of the Shehada family

On Wednesday, November 8, 2023, during the early afternoon hours, Israeli occupation aircraft targeted the house of Abdul Rahman Shehada in the Al-Zreqat area, Al-Bataheen neighborhood, in Al-Nuseirat Refugee Camp. The house was crowded with displaced people from Gaza City after their homes were bombed. Several nearby houses, also belonging to the Shehada family, were damaged. Ambulances and civil defense teams were able to recover the bodies of 18 citizens, including 9 children from the Shehada family, along with dozens of wounded and a large number of missing people.

The martyred children:

Yazan Abdul Rahman Nizar Shehada (9 years old).
Lama Mahmoud Nasser Shehada (7 years old).
Lana Mahmoud Nasser Shehada (5 years old).
Youssef Mohammed Nasser Shehada (5 years old).
Bara’a Mahmoud Nasser Shehada (1 year old).
Zina Ahmed Nizar Shehada (2 years old).
Nada Abdul Rahman Nizar Shehada (3 years old).
Musab Mohammed Nasser Shehada (9 years old).

Children of Al-Maghazi Refugee Camp

On November 4, 2023, Israeli occupation aircraft launched a series of airstrikes on several houses in Al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, in the central Gaza Strip, without prior warning. Seventeen people were martyred, most of the victims were children and women.