News Center- Since March 18, 2025, the Israeli army has intensified its attacks and siege on the Gaza Strip, killing and displacing thousands in the enclave.

At least 16,503 Palestinian children have been killed in Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7,2023, Gaza’s health ministry said in a report on Thursday.

According to the report, 916 infants under the age of one were among the killed children. 4,365 of them were aged between 1-5, 6,101 of them were aged between 6-12 and 5,124 of them were aged between 13-17.

“These numbers do not merely represent innocent lives lost, but reveal a humanitarian catastrophe and the targeting of an entire generation,” the ministry said.

29 Palestinians died from starvation in recent days

29 children and elderly people have died from starvation in Gaza in recent days, Palestinian Health Minister Majed Abu Ramadan said on Thursday.

At least 53,762 Palestinians have been killed and 122,197 others injured in Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, according to Gaza’s health ministry.