Dead or dismembered Palestinians don’t seem to shock anyone any more. A couple of hundred killed over here, dozens burned to death over there, a bunch of children dead from malnutrition: every day there seems to be another massacre that barely makes a blip on public consciousness. After eight months of intense bombing, the most abject civilian suffering has been dangerously normalized.
Still, as steeled as people may have become to the horrors in Gaza, you’d have to be completely broken not to be devastated by Save the Children’s new report on the missing children of Gaza. While more than 15,000 children are estimated to have been killed by Israel’s relentless assault on the strip, Save the Children has estimated that up to 21,000 children are missing.
As Save the Children has said “it is nearly impossible to collect and verify information under the current conditions in Gaza”. But based on the extent of the bombing and the density and demographics of Gaza, the British aid group estimates that 5,160 children are presumed dead beneath the rubble…..more
