According to Save The Children, the number of children reported killed in Gaza during Israel’s military campaign over the past three weeks has surpassed the annual number of children killed in armed conflict globally in each of the past four years.
At last count, more than 3,000 children have been reported killed in Gaza since October 7.
“The numbers are harrowing and with violence not only continuing but expanding in Gaza right now, many more children remain at grave risk,” said Jason Lee, Save the Children’s country director in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Meanwhile, other nations plead with Israel to create a pause in the fighting to allow for safe passage out of Hamas-controlled territory and to create a humanitarian corridor for international aid, Israel announced it had entered a “second stage” of its war against Hamas and on Sunday said its ground operation in Gaza would intensify, following weeks of aerial strikes on the Hamas-controlled territory.