RAMALLAH, (PIC)
Defense for Children International (DCI) said the Israeli occupation forces had killed at least 8,000 Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip and 121 others in the West Bank and Jerusalem in 2023, calling it the “year of genocide” against Palestinian children.
In a statement on Tuesday, DCI-Palestine added that the unprecedented number of children killed in the Israeli deadly campaign against the Palestinians, which started on October 7, 2023, might increase due to the huge number of undiscovered bodies and the ongoing Israeli attacks against the Palestinian people, who are currently living under dire conditions, especially in Gaza.
DCI pointed out that the children killed last year in the West Bank and Jerusalem were targeted by live ammunition fired by settlers and soldiers or by missiles fired by Israeli aircraft.
DCI also accused the Israeli army of indiscriminately and deliberately targeting civilian and medical infrastructure and structures to create intolerable living conditions for the Palestinian citizens in Gaza
It said that the Israeli forces bombed major medical facilities in Gaza and prevented much-needed fuel from reaching them.
