Death list from Gaza: Most of the killed are five-year-olds
Analyses of casualties from Israeli attacks on Gaza in October reports that the average age of the dead was five years old
VG's compilation is based on figures from Palestinian health authorities. Among other things, it shows that 184 Palestinian five-year-olds were killed up to Oct. 26. VG's compilation is based on figures from Palestinian health authorities.
The document states the name, gender, age, and ID number of all of them - and it is stated that the list does not include the 281 dead who (at that time) had not yet been identified.
Since the publication of the detailed list on Oct. 26, the death toll has risen to 10,328 Palestinians, including 4,237 children. This means that 41 percent of those killed are children.
"The world as a spectator, this is unprecedented," says Nora Ingdal, Save the Children's Head of International Operations.
WHAT HAPPENED
Hamas' military wing, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, announced that they launched a comprehensive attack against Israel called "Al-Aqsa Flood" on the morning of Oct. 7.
While thousands of rockets were fired from Gaza towards Israel, armed groups entered the settlements in the region. The Israeli army also launched an attack on the Gaza Strip with dozens of warplanes. The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that Israel killed 13,000 people, including 5,000 children, and 3,500 women. It injured at least 32,000 people in its attacks on Gaza.
The administration said the number of missing persons crossed 6,000, with most of them suspected of lying under the rubble of the fallen buildings.
It was reported that 1,400 Israelis, including 324 soldiers, were killed and 5,132 Israelis were wounded in the attacks from Gaza.
The Israeli army hit Damascus and Aleppo airports. As the Middle East is once again turning into a bloodbath, a deadline has been set for nearly 2.5 million Palestinians to leave the blockaded Gaza.
In Israel’s attacks on Gaza, 52 journalists were killed.
In the clashes between the Israeli army and Hezbollah on the Israel-Lebanon border since Oct. 8, 55 Hezbollah members and 4 civilians, one of whom was a journalist, were killed. Three Israeli soldiers and one Israeli civilian were killed in the attacks organized by Lebanon.
Most recently, Israel attacked the Jabalia Refugee Camp in Gaza, killing civilians.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that he was breaking off all contact with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu because of Israeli attacks on civilians in the Gaza Strip.
Source: VG Norway
