Israel pounds Gaza City, 123 killed in last 24 hours
In the same period, at least eight people, including three children, died from Israeli-imposed starvation and malnutrition, bringing the total number of hunger-related deaths since the war began in October, 2023 to 235, among them 106 children, the ministry said on Wednesday.
'This is in addition to: over 40,000 children reported killed or injured due to bombardment and airstrikes, at least 17,000 unaccompanied and separated children, and one million deeply traumatised children and out of education,' he wrote in a post on X.
'Children are children. No one should stay silent when children die, or are brutally deprived of a future, wherever these children are, including in Gaza.' Gaza's healthcare system has also been the subject of targeted destruction by the Israeli military, which amounts to 'medicide', UN experts said Wednesday, accusing Israel of deliberately attacking and starving healthcare workers, paramedics and hospitals to wipe out medical care in the enclave. (Agencies) page 5
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