Effect of the Gaza war on children in the Gaza Strip
Summary
The Gaza war has disproportionately affected children, who make up about 40% of the population of the Gaza Strip. In November 2023, UN Secretary General António Guterres warned that "Gaza is becoming a graveyard for children. Hundreds of girls and boys are reportedly being killed or injured every day." As the war continued, the toll increased steadily, reaching at least 19,424 children by 3 September 2025.
Originally created by CarmenEsparzaAmoux
2/3/2024, 2:01:10 AM
Modified
5/6/2026, 7:40:35 PM
Recent revisions
Removing WP:OR crime-related categories, which require supporting WP:RS. This article alleges Israeli pre-emptive defence from 2020 against war crime accusations, but doesn't have a determination of war crimes, or even a direct accusation.
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clean up, [[WP:AWB/T|typo(s) fixed]]: in 28 June 2024 → on 28 June 2024, ’s → 's (11)
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Revised introduction to use a less wordy format
moved sentence to Military detention, because this is not the use of children as shields
/* Use as human shields */ CE after having read the source
/* Use as human shields */ added year
/* By Israel */ moved up for chronology
/* Use as human shields */ Moved this text into "By Israel"
/* Usage as human shields */ usage -> use
collapse human shields allegations in one section
/* Israeli allegations of child use by Hamas and PIJ */ [[MOS:LQ]]
Unlinking circular redirects: [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wounded child, no surviving family]] closed as redirect ([[WP:XFDC#4.0.16-beta|XFDcloser]])
Not a single source points to this as misinformation; on the contrary, several state things like "even if Hamas were using human shields..."
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/* Reactions */ "commandment war" is not more clear than "mitzvah war" so then it is better to use the original term
The seder link is wing, & per [[MOS:NOFORCELINK]] technical terminology should be explained or omitted
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