At least 270 children killed in a week of Israeli attacks on Gaza

Save the Children says over 270 children have been killed in a week since Israel resumed its war on Gaza, marking some of “the deadliest days for children since the war began”.

“Bombs falling, hospitals destroyed, children killed [and] the world is silent,” Rachael Cummings, Save the Children’s humanitarian director in Gaza, said. “No aid, no safety, no future.”

The organisation said in a statement the war’s resumption is “a death sentence for Gaza’s children”. Over 50,000 people, including more than 17,900 children, have now been killed in Gaza since the war began in October 2023, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office.