Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza's list of war dead

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : The list of named victims maintained by health authorities in Gaza is recognised as authoritative by the international community, the UN and Israel's military, although Israeli politicians frequently try to dismiss it.
42% : The lack of clean water, basic drugs such as antibiotics and medical care for diseases including cancer have caused many more deaths, which health officials say they cannot attempt to count while fighting continues.
40% : More than 40,000 children have been injured in the war, according to the UN.
39% : In Iraq over the 15-year period that encompassed the rise and destruction of the Islamic State "caliphate", between 2008 and 2022, the UN verified 3,119 child deaths in war.

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