Evidence suggests that Israeli forces directly targeted children during last summer's war, reported childrens' rights group Defense for Children International- Palestine.
Evidence and testimonies collected by DCIP reveal several locations that should have provided children with shelter and safety were, in practice, not immune from attacks by Israeli forces.
"Missiles dropped by Israeli warplanes killed 225 children while they were in their own homes or seeking shelter, often as they sat down to eat with their families," DCIP reported.
Just under half of the children who died during the offensive lost their lives in aerial attacks on residential buildings.
The fighting between Palestinian militant groups and Israel that resulted in an offensive which Israel dubs "Operation Protective Edge" killed 547 Palestinian children, 535 of them as a direct result of Israeli attacks. Another 3,374 children suffered injuries in attacks, "including over 1,000 children whose wounds rendered them permanently disabled," as documented by DCIP.
DCIP also estimates at least 164 children were killed in drone attacks, noting Israel as the world’s largest exporter of aerial drones.
"In one such case Rawya Joudeh, 40, and four of her five children were killed by an Israeli drone fired missile as they played together in the family’s yard in Tal alZatar, Jabalia refugee camp, North Gaza, on the afternoon of August 24. "The children were aged between 6 and 14." more
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