The Palestinian death toll from Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip rose to 48 after a 9-year-old Palestinian girl succumbed to injuries she sustained during the attacks on Thursday morning.
Lian Al-Shaer suffered serious head injuries after being hit by an Israeli shrapnel in the Gaza Strip.
Lian underwent a medical surgery on her head before being moved to Al-Makassed Hospital in Occupied Jerusalem where she was pronounced dead.
Israel has launched a three-day aggression on the Gaza Strip starting last Friday evening leaving 48 Palestinian citizens killed and 360 others wounded in addition to vast material damage.
17 Palestinian children and four women were among the reported victims.
Earlier Wednesday Defense for Children International (DCIP) reported that 36 Palestinian children have been killed in 2022 including 20 Palestinian children shot and killed by Israeli occupation forces in the occupied West Bank.
Between August 5-7 the Israeli military launched an offensive on the Gaza Strip which resulted in the killing of 16 Palestinian children according to documentation collected by DCIP.
Under international law intentional lethal force is only justified in circumstances where a direct threat to life or serious injury is present. However investigations and evidence collected by DCIP regularly suggest that the IOF uses lethal force against Palestinian children in circumstances that may amount to extrajudicial or wilful killings.
