The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced yesterday that the number of children killed during Israel’s genocidal war has risen to 15,613, making up 31 per cent of the total number of martyrs in the Gaza Strip, which stands at 50,082.
This was revealed in an infographic published by the ministry on Telegram about child casualties from 7 October 2023 to 23 March 2025.
According to the infographic, child casualties make up 31 per cent of the total number of Palestinians killed in the enclave, while a further 33,900 have been killed, 30 per cent of all 113,408 people injured.
The infographic indicated that Israel killed 825 infants under the age of one during the period, while 274 babies were born and died during that time.
Since resuming its genocide in Gaza at dawn on Tuesday, Israel has killed 730 Palestinians and wounded 1,367 others, most of them women and children, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.
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