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.
Two Children, Baraa and Hasan
Freed prisoner Wafaa Al-Bas spent over seven years in Israeli occupation prisons. After their four-story house in northern Gaza was bombed, the family displaced to Gaza City, where Israeli occupation aircraft targeted the home they fled to, resulting in the deaths of her two children, Baraa and Hassan.
Unidentified Children
A group of unidentified children in Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City, each child is the sole survivor of their family. Israeli occupation aircraft bombed Palestinian families as they fled from northern Gaza to the south, escaping famine and genocide, committing a massacre against them before they could reach safety.
Rescue of a Child from Under the Rubble
Israeli occupation aircraft bombed the house adjacent to Salman family’s home, causing the Salman family’s house to collapse as well. Civil defense teams rescued a child from under the rubble of the house and recovered the bodies of several children and women.
Decomposing Bodies of Premature Infants
Five premature infants.
Controlling hospitals was one of the declared main objectives of the Israeli occupation army during the ground operation in Gaza, and this was indeed achieved on the ground. There are harrowing scenes and terrifying details of decomposing bodies of premature infants in Al-Nasr Hospital in Gaza City, where bombardment and the siege by Israeli occupation forces forced the hospital staff and patients to evacuate.
Three weeks later, after the withdrawal of Israeli occupation forces from the area, Al-Mashhad channel correspondent Mohammed Baalousha managed to enter Al-Nasr Hospital for Children and was shocked by the horrifying scenes of decomposing bodies of children in the intensive care unit, which the occupation army prevented from being removed and buried.
In a testimony from Dr. Mustafa Al-Kahlout, the director of Al-Nasr Hospital for Children, he stated that he called upon international organizations, including the Red Cross, to save the lives of the five critically ill children, but received no response. He mentioned that he informed an Israeli army officer who had warned them of final evacuation about the condition of the five children on ventilators, confirming that the officer told him that the army was aware of the situation and would take action.