How many more children must die in Gaza?

More than 8,663 Palestinian children have reportedly been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza since October 7. Thousands more are missing under the rubble amid relentless bombardment. An overwhelming number of more than 21,000 people have been killed in the nearly three months of Israeli bombardment. Israel has repeatedly targeted schools and even neo-natal care centres, resulting in the deaths of newborn babies. According to Save the Children data, in early November, a child was being killed every 10 minutes. The UN has called the besieged Palestinian enclave 'a graveyard' for children due to the high casualties.

The Defence for Children International-Palestine, an NGO, said, early last month, Israeli forces killed twice as many Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip in October as the total number of Palestinian children killed in the occupied West Bank and Gaza combined since 1967. In nearly two years of the Russia-Ukraine war, 510 children were killed, which represents a little less than one child per day. Now should we welcome the New Year with more dead bodies of Palestinian children?

Fariha Tabassum Piya,

Student of Department of Management,

University of Dhaka, Dhaka,

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