Israel-Gaza conflict: Children make up a fifth of Palestinian deaths

[Divernan]

Source: The Independent (UK)

As Israel’s continued air offensive against Gaza saw the Palestinian death toll rise above 200 on Wednesday, a leading human rights organisation has warned a fifth of those who have died in the nine-day conflict are children.

Save the Children has become the latest body to voice its concern over the Palestinian death toll, which rose to 211 on Wednesday afternoon when an Israeli airstrike killed four boys from the Bakr family on a coastal road near a beach in the Gaza Strip. A further seven adults and children were wounded.

Last week, five children from the same family died in a pre-dawn bombardment.

In light of the violence, the group predicts that at least 25,000 children will need psycho-social support to cope with the trauma they have experienced since violence in the region restarted last Tuesday.
Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israelgaza-conflict-children-make-up-a-fifth-of-palestinian-deaths-9610425.html

(This story is dated by The Independent as Thursday, July 17, 2014. I posted it as LBN
at 1:52 .am. on Thursday, July 17, 2014. The reporter had written it on an unspecified time on Wed., July 16, 2014, but it was published on 7/17. Even allowing for the international time difference, it was possibly published within the 12 hour limited period for latest breaking news. I think, when in doubt, allow the thread, and responded to the moderator, with a request my comments be forwarded to Skinner or whomever. I believe this to be particularly the case when the OP is re an incident of international importance regarding the at best negligent and wanton and at worst deliberate instance of the violent killing of children. Because it's not just a simple matter of reposting - it's that a number of comments will likely not be reposted on the new thread. Here's that link:http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014848069
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