Israel’s war on Gaza killed more than 17,000 children.

Hind pleaded for help for hours. Yousef was killed while watching cartoons. Yaqeen wanted to become a YouTube star, but she died in a bombing. Behind this staggering death toll—17,000 children in Gaza—are faces, names, and dreams that will never come true.

“Gaza is turning into a graveyard for children,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on November 6, 2023. His statement was harshly criticized by Israel, and much of the Israeli public and media considered it exaggerated. For the next 21 months, the number of casualties in Gaza remained marginal in Israeli media coverage, including the children killed in the war.