At least 115 newborns have died in the Gaza Strip since the start of the Israeli offensive against Hamas, Gazan health authorities reported on Tuesday, August 13, 2024.
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The latest case is that of twins Aisel and Aisar Abu al Qumsan, born just four days ago, and who, according to the Palestinian press, died along with their mother in an Israeli bombing of their residence.
Gaza’s Hamas-controlled health ministry said the attack took place as the babies’ father had gone to obtain birth certificates for his two children.
Mohammed Abu Al-Qumsan, 31, had just collected the birth certificates for his twins, when he discovered that they had been killed by Israeli bombing along with his wife and mother-in-law. The house where they were taking refuge was destroyed.
The man waved the laminated documents with the names of his children and said he received a call from his neighbors telling him that the house where they were staying had been bombed: “My wife is gone, my two babies and my mother-in-law.”
Mohammed collected the bodies of his twin babies wrapped in white sheets and, with a lost look and desolation, tried to digest the devastating news.
How many children have died from Israel’s attacks on Gaza?
Since the war began, more than ten months ago, At least 16,456 children have been killed in Israeli attacks, according to the latest figures from the Gaza authorities. Another 11,088 of the dead were women.
Around 70% of the nearly 40,000 dead already left by the Israeli offensive on the Palestinian enclave are women or children. In addition, It is estimated that the bodies of some 10,000 missing people remain buried under the rubble.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army has not ceased its military offensive across the Gaza Strip and, since last Friday, has carried out a new ground incursion into Khan Yunis, an important region in the south that has historically been a militant stronghold.
When did the war between Israel and Hamas begin?
The war broke out on October 7, 2023, following a Hamas attack on Israel that left some 1,200 dead and 251 kidnapped, and for months the international community has been pressuring the parties to sign a ceasefire.
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