On Day 300: Israel Kills 16,314 Children in Gaza

After 300 days of the genocide of Gaza at least 16,314 Palestinian children were killed in Israel’s devastating offensive on the 364-kilometer Strip since last 7 October, 2023, local authorities said on Thursday.

Internationally banned weapons have been used every day for 300 days. 70,000
tonnes, or 70,000,000 kg of highly explosive materials, have been dropped on the
360 km² Gaza strip.#300DaysOfGenocide pic.twitter.com/XxSK3RPTK0

— ayesha siddiqa (@ayesha26668) August 1, 2024

The victims included 35 children who starved to death due to Israel’s crippling blockade on the enclave, Gaza’s Government Media Office said in a statement, on day 300 of Israeli massacres.

“Some 10,980 women, 885 medics, 165 journalists and 79 civil defense personnel were also killed on the Israeli onslaught,” it added according to Anadolu.

🔴 The Government Media update of the ongoing Genocide perpetrated by the Biden-Netanyahu Regimes on the Gaza Strip Day (300):◻️49,480 martyrs & missing persons. ◻️ 16,314 child martyrs. ◻️ 91,128 wounded ◻️1,737,524 with infectious disease ◻️ 2 million displaced pic.twitter.com/EuvsZTKNvY

— Suribelle (@Syribelle) August 1, 2024

The media office said seven mass graves were discovered in Gaza since 7 October 7 from which 520 bodies were recovered.

Flouting a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire, Israel has faced international condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza.

On Day 300 of #GazaGenocide, the #OlympicGames continue to normalise a genocidal state competing while Israel continues to slaughter and destroy our people in Gaza. Israel just bombed a school full of displaced families in Al-Shujaeyya, eastern Gaza, leaving 15 killed. https://t.co/l11F3UG3pc

— Dr. Abusalama (@ShahdAbusalama) August 1, 2024

Nearly 39,500 Palestinians have since been killed, mostly women and children, and over 91,000 injured, according to local health authorities, the Turkish news agency reported.