Middle East

Gaza: 100 children killed or injured every day since Israel resumed offensive says UN agency

Unrwa chief calls child death toll ‘a stain on our common humanity’

Mourners carry the body of Palestinian child Ahmad Abu Saleh from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, for burial. He was killed in an overnight Israeli airstrike on his family's home. Photograph: Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty
Mourners carry the body of Palestinian child Ahmad Abu Saleh from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, for burial. He was killed in an overnight Israeli airstrike on his family's home. Photograph: Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty
Michael Jansen
Mon Apr 07 2025 - 17:10 • 2 MIN READ

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Michael Jansen

Michael Jansen

Michael Jansen contributes news from and analysis of the Middle East to The Irish Times