Hebrew press sources confirmed in an extensive investigation that the Israeli war machine has not stopped targeting children in the Gaza Strip, with at least one child martyred daily since last October. The investigation indicated that the air force continues its deadly raids despite the harsh conditions experienced by displaced people in tents, who lack the most basic necessities of life.
According to documented figures, approximately 274 children have been martyred since the last ceasefire agreement, raising the total number of child martyrs since the beginning of the aggression to more than 21,000 children. The methods of killing vary between direct aerial bombardment, sniper bullets, or death due to injuries that did not receive adequate medical care amid the collapse of the health system.
The sources spoke of tragic stories of children who recently lost their lives, including ten-year-old Mutaz Abu Shaar, who was hit by Israeli bullets while inside his tent in the Al-Mawasi area. Mutaz had lost his father and brother in a previous bombing about six months ago, only to follow them in a crime that shook the feelings of the displaced.
In a related context, nine-year-old Tala Abu Matar was martyred one day before Mutaz's death, as activists circulated her picture smiling in her colorful clothes next to her body laid out in a body bag. These individual cases reflect a bitter collective reality experienced by thousands of children who have become direct targets of Israeli fire in areas that the occupation claims are safe.
In addition to direct killing, approximately 1.7 million displaced people in Gaza face hellish living conditions inside dilapidated tents lacking water, electricity, and sewage networks. The intense heat inside these tents exacerbates the humanitarian suffering, as displacement sites have turned into hotbeds for the spread of infectious diseases and dangerous health hazards.
Human rights reports stated that children in Gaza live under a double siege of bombing and disease, as families are forced to deal with skin injuries and epidemics spreading among the tents. A displaced grandmother in Deir al-Balah recounts the suffering of her orphaned grandchildren with skin itching and blisters covering their small bodies without any effective treatment available.
UNRWA data indicates an alarming increase in the rates of skin diseases and parasites, especially scabies and chickenpox, in addition to cases of acute diarrhea. The agency confirms that these diseases are directly linked to the polluted environment and the overcrowding of displaced people in confined spaces lacking general hygiene.
UN assessments covering more than 1,600 displacement sites revealed a dense spread of rodents and insects in about 80% of these sites, increasing the likelihood of infection transmission. Infectious skin diseases were also recorded in nearly half of the displacement sites, which specialists attribute to the accumulation of waste and the flow of wastewater between the tents.
Medical sources warned that water production and pumping systems face the risk of complete breakdown due to the severe shortage of fuel and spare parts needed for maintenance. This deterioration threatens to halt wastewater management and waste collection services, putting the lives of hundreds of thousands of children at risk due to increasing environmental pollution.
For its part, the Palestinian Ministry of Health stressed that the tents in the Gaza Strip are no longer just temporary shelters, but have turned into spaces where all factors of death and disease intersect. The ministry explained that severe malnutrition weakens children's immunity, making them susceptible to a vicious cycle of infection that is difficult to break without urgent international intervention.
At Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, medical staff confirm receiving dozens of cases daily of children suffering from newly emerging skin diseases and epidemics that had previously disappeared. The remaining hospitals are unable to provide the necessary treatment due to the imposed siege and the lack of medicines and essential medical supplies to combat these epidemics.
The reality on the ground indicates that the occupation uses deprivation of healthcare and a healthy environment as an additional tool in its war against civilians, especially the most vulnerable groups. Children who survive bombs find themselves in direct confrontation with hunger and disease that ravage their bodies amid deafening international silence.
The suffering of families who have lost their breadwinners continues, as the responsibility for caring for orphaned children falls on the elderly who lack the ability to secure food or medicine. These human stories reflect the magnitude of the catastrophe left by the ongoing aggression, whose effects have gone beyond material destruction to affect the social and health fabric of Palestinian society.
In conclusion, the children of Gaza remain the biggest victims of this war, as planes pursue them in their skies and diseases in their tents, with no prospect for a humanitarian solution to end this tragedy. International organizations demand the necessity of opening crossings and immediately bringing in medical aid and fuel to prevent an uncontrollable health catastrophe.
The sun rises, the sky is blue, and the Israeli air force continues to kill children in Gaza on a daily basis.
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Shocking statistic: Occupation kills one child daily in Gaza since last October