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Israel has continued bombarding Gaza’s south despite telling 1.1 million people in the north of the besieged enclave to relocate there ahead of an expected ground offensive.

“We were displaced from Tal al-Hawa to Rafah at the request of the Israeli army, and this is what happened to us. My son is a 3-month-old martyr,” the father of a child killed in an attack in Rafah told Al Jazeera.

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[–] NewDark@lemmings.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The average age in Gaza is like 18. Of course about half of the deaths are going to be children

[–] rgb3x3@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Something like 54% of the Gaza population is under 24.