Israel Admits To Killing Palestine Children In Gaza Raid

Israeli defence officials have confirmed that an Israeli raid on a Gaza cemetery killed five Palestinian children during its assault in early August.

This is according to a new report contradicting previous statements senior military officials made to local media.

Aljazeera on Tuesday reported that several defence sources told the Haaretz newspaper that an army inquiry into the August 7 attack concluded that the five children were killed by an Israeli air attack on the Al-Faluja Cemetery next to the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.

49 Palestinians were killed in the three-day assault, which Israel described as a “preemptive operation” following its arrest of an Islamic Jihad leader in the occupied West Bank a day earlier.

The Norwegian Refugee Council said that three of the boys killed in the attack had been undergoing trauma therapy before their deaths.

According to data compiled by Defense for Children International, at least 2,200 children have been killed by the Israeli military and Israeli settlers across the Occupied Palestinian Territories since the year 2000.