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August 17, 2022

Report: Israeli Military Privately Admits It Killed 5 Palestinian Kids in Gaza Strike
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The Israeli newspaper Haaretz is reporting an internal Israeli military
report has acknowledged that an Israeli airstrike near the Jabaliya
refugee camp in Gaza killed five Palestinian children on August 7. The
youngest child was 4 years old. The finding contradicts public
statements by Israeli officials who had claimed the Palestinian children
had died after being hit by an errant rocket fired by the militant group
Islamic Jihad. Over the past two weeks, Israeli forces have killed 19
Palestinian children. The United Nations has denounced the surge in
child deaths as "unconscionable."


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