Over 16,000 children killed in 'Israeli' assault since Oct 7: Gaza health ministry

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced on Friday that 16,503 children have been killed in the ongoing genocide waged by the Israeli Occupation Forces on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023.

The ministry detailed that the toll includes 916 infants under the age of one, 4,365 children between the ages of one and five, 6,101 children aged six to twelve, and 5,124 teenagers aged thirteen to seventeen.

The ministry emphasized that these horrific numbers reflect the scale of massacres targeting children in Gaza, stressing that the deliberate and repeated targeting of young age groups exposes the brutal nature of the aggression—one that makes no distinction between civilian or child and disregards all humanitarian and international laws.