The Gaza Government Media Office has reported that over 800 babies under the age of one have been killed by Israeli airstrikes since October 7, 2023. This includes 214 who were born after this date. Additionally, Palestinian children have suffered immense losses, with over 17,800 children reportedly killed. Civil defense teams are actively searching for the missing and bodies buried under rubble, with estimates suggesting that the actual number of child casualties could be higher than documented, with continued restrictions on humanitarian aid exacerbating the situation.
It's possible that far more newborns were killed than have been registered. Civil defense workers have spent the first days of the ceasefire agreement searching for the bodies of Palestinians buried under the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israel.
These numbers include Aser and Aysal Muhammad Abu al-Qumsan, twins killed in an Israeli airstrike in August. They were killed along with their mother and grandmother as their father went to register their births.
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