Israel’s war on Gaza is deliberately targeting children – new UN report

Middle East crisis spirals amid mounting civilian deaths, aid blockade

The Israel-Palestine conflict is descending further into violence, with mounting civilian casualties in the West Bank and a deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the UN’s top envoy for the region warned on Friday.

UN warns of 'massive trauma' for Gaza's children amid renewed fighting

The UN warned Friday that all of Gaza's approximately one million children were facing "massive trauma" as fighting in the war-ravaged territory resumed, and amid dire aid shortages.Humanitarians described an alarming situation in Gaza, amid a growing civilian death toll since Israel resumed aerial bombardment and ground operations this week after a six-week ceasefire.

Israel's airstrikes on Gaza continue and the death toll rises. Many of the victims are children. "We feel completely alone, as if the whole world is against us," says mother of three Amani Shnino to SvD.

Even anti-war Israelis are scared to say Gazans are human beings

Israel Recently Committed the Largest Child Massacre in Its History. Two Hundred Children and 100 Women Were Killed in One Day. Altogether, About 400 Civilians

'Nothing Short of Genocide': Israel Kills 200 Children

"This is a war on children," said one child advocate working to end the carnage and suffering in Gaza.

Israel’s war on Gaza is deliberately targeting Children – new UN Report

By Rachel Rosen, UCL and Mai Abu Moghli, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies (The Conversation) – A fresh round of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza which has killed more than 400 Palestinians has destroyed any hope that the ceasefire negotiated in January would hold. A statement from the child rights group Defence for Children Palestine claimed that 174 children had been killed in the bombing, claiming: “Today is one of the deadliest days for Palestin…