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One child killed every hour in Gaza over last two days
http://www.independent.ie/world-news/middle-east/israel-may-have-committed-war-crimes-as-one-child-killed-every-hour-in-gaza-over-last-two-days-30452345.html#sthash.xhfFoSwH.dpufLast night, the UN's Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs, said that, as of yesterday morning, 149 children had been killed, compared with 87 confirmed members of armed groups. Even including unconfirmed combatant deaths, more children would still have died.
The Palestinian monitoring group Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights has given The Daily Telegraph the names of 132 of the dead, all under the age of 18.
In addition, Save the Children said almost a third of those injured were children. Less than a quarter of all casualties are thought to be Hamas militants.
"This is why we described the ongoing operation as a war on children," said Osama Damo, a Save the Children official in Gaza. Dr Ashraf Al-Qidra, a health ministry spokesman, said that 84 women were also among the dead and a total of 3,650 people had been wounded. Yesterday, an air strike destroyed six floors of Salam Tower in the centre of Gaza City, killing at least 11 people including Ibrahim Al-Kilani, a professor of engineering, his wife and their five children.
The Palestinian monitoring group Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights has given The Daily Telegraph the names of 132 of the dead, all under the age of 18.
In addition, Save the Children said almost a third of those injured were children. Less than a quarter of all casualties are thought to be Hamas militants.
"This is why we described the ongoing operation as a war on children," said Osama Damo, a Save the Children official in Gaza. Dr Ashraf Al-Qidra, a health ministry spokesman, said that 84 women were also among the dead and a total of 3,650 people had been wounded. Yesterday, an air strike destroyed six floors of Salam Tower in the centre of Gaza City, killing at least 11 people including Ibrahim Al-Kilani, a professor of engineering, his wife and their five children.
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