REUTERS - AMMAR AWADA year on from Hamas's unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7, unsubstantiated claims about the number of children killed have maintained traction, whereas an AFP tally established that 37 minors died, including two babies. According to an AFP tally based on data from Israeli authorities, only two children under the age of five were confirmed killed during the onslaught. In total, 10 minors were killed at Beeri on October 7, and 10 others were taken captive to Gaza, AFP's tally showed. Six Bedouin children aged between five to 15 and a 12-year-old Jewish boy were also killed on October 7 by rockets fired from Gaza into southern Israel. The other minors killed by Hamas commandos died in kibbutz communities, on Zikim Beach north of Gaza.

Source: The Standard October 12, 2024 04:12 UTC