Children continue to suffer the most from Israel’s war on Gaza. The Associated Press, citing Gaza Health Ministry data, counting 3,648 children as killed by Israel’s military campaign, including 2,001 under the age of 12, with 615 of those under the age of 3. Images and footage of shell-shocked children being pulled from rubble in Gaza or writhing on dirty hospital gurneys have become commonplace and have fueled protests around the world, AP notes. Scenes from recent airstrikes include a rescuer cradling a limp toddler in a bloodied white tutu, a bespectacled father shrieking as he clutches his dead child tight to his chest, and a dazed young boy covered in blood and dust staggering alone through the ruins.
“It’s a curse to be a parent in Gaza,” said Ahmed Modawikh, a 40-year-old carpenter from Gaza City whose life was shattered by the death of his 8-year-old daughter during five days of fighting in May.
