At least 31 percent of Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza are children, health ministry says

At least 31 percent of Palestinians killed by Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip are children, according to statistics released on Monday by the Palestinian Ministry of Health. 

Israeli strikes killed at least 15,613 Palestinian children between 7 October 2023 and 23 March 2025. 

At least 33,900 Palestinian children were injured. 

Almost 37 percent of the Palestinian children killed were between the ages of six and 12 years old. Roughly 26 percent were between the ages of one and five.