GAZA: 3,195 children killed in three weeks surpasses annual number of children killed in conflict zones since 2019 | Save the Children International
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The number of children reported killed in Gaza in just three weeks has surpassed the annual number of children killed across conflict zones

Since October 7, more than 3,257 children have been reported killed, including at least 3,195 in Gaza, 33 in the West Bank, and 29 in Israel, according to the Ministries of Health in Gaza and Israel respectively. The number of children reported killed in just three weeks in Gaza is more than the number killed in armed conflict globally – across more than 20 countries – over the course of a whole year, for the last three years.

  • magikarpet@lemmy.worldEnglish
    716·
    1 year ago

    Quotes from the article-

    “Yet the Gaza-based Ministry of Health — an agency in the Hamas-controlled government continues to tally casualty numbers….

    In previous wars, the ministry’s counts have held up to U.N. scrutiny, independent investigations and even Israel’s tallies.

    But an outlier is the ministry’s death toll from an explosion at al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City last week.”

    So while they have been trustworthy im the past, i still would prefer some third-party oversight after that hospital story. They threw their credibility and caught a bunch of news orgs with their pants down for trusting them.

    • TinyPizza@kbin.socialOP
      173·
      1 year ago

      Here, you forgot the rest of the quote

      Yet the Gaza-based Ministry of Health — an agency in the Hamas-controlled government — continues to tally casualty numbers. It released its first detailed report on the casualties Thursday, giving names, ID numbers, ages and gender for Palestinians it says have been killed. The total toll is 7,028 Palestinians, including 2,913 minors, according to the ministry.
      The ministry is the only official source for Gaza casualties. Israel has sealed Gaza’s borders, barring foreign journalists and humanitarian workers. The AP is among a small number of international news organizations with teams in Gaza. While those journalists cannot do a comprehensive count, they’ve viewed large numbers of bodies at the sites of airstrikes, morgues and funerals.

      The AP wrote the article for anyone who cares to look. There’s genuinely a lot to learn about in there.

      • magikarpet@lemmy.worldEnglish
        512·
        1 year ago

        I was addressing the previous statement saying the ministry was not a part of Hamas when their own article clearly states -an agency in the Hamas-controlled government-

        The article also said that their data was wrong in a story everyone remembers a week ago with the hospital.

        Obviously a lot of people are being killed, I am not saying they aren’t. But accurate sources are important.

          • magikarpet@lemmy.worldEnglish
            310·
            1 year ago

            We can keep quoting the whole article.

            Is relation to the hospital explosion:

            “U.S. President Joe Biden said he had “no confidence” in the accuracy of the ministry’s reporting. However, the U.S. government’s annual human rights assessments from the region frequently cite the Gaza ministry.

            Gaza’s Health Ministry stands by the 471 figure and includes it in the total death toll. When asked about conflicting accounts, authorities emphasize the difficulties of their work and vigorously deny any fabrication”

            My takeaway is, they have been accurate historically and are used internationally, but they should be verified, especially after recent events.