The 'horrendous' toll on children caught in the Israel-Gaza conflict
Humanitarian organizations decried the impacts of the Israel-Gaza conflict on civilians amid reports of the killing and kidnapping of children. The Israel-Hamas co NFL ict is taking a " horrendous toll" on families, humanitarian organizations decried this week, amid reports of the slaughter and kidnapping of children and attacks on civilian infrastructure that have killed, injured or displaced the most vulnerable. In the days since Hamas' surprise assault on Israel, images from both regions have shown crying children running through the street and cowering in bomb shelters after airstrikes. In Gaza, the bodies of dead children killed in shelling were covered in blankets and carried by their fathers in funeral processions. In the kibbutz of Be'eri, one of the largest in Israel, more than 100 bodies of Israeli citizens were discovered on Monday, with women, children and the elderly "brutally butchered," the Israel Defense Forces said. Israeli children have ...