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Palestinian health ministry reveals scale of children killed in Gaza

22 May 2025 10:28 BST

Gaza’s health ministry has released a detailed breakdown of child fatalities in what it describes as an ongoing genocide in Gaza.

  • The latest figures confirm 16,503 children have been killed since the conflict began.

  • Age group breakdown of those killed: Infants (under 1 year): 916 killed; Children (1–5 years): 4,365 killed; Children (6–12 years): 6,101 killed; Adolescents (13–17 years): 5,124 killed.

  • The ministry states these numbers "do not merely represent innocent lives lost" but reveal a "humanitarian catastrophe" and the "targeting of an entire generation".

  • It urges global action, calling on the international community, human rights groups, and aid agencies to "stop the aggression immediately" and hold the Israeli occupation leaders accountable for crimes against civilians