# Children of Gaza Killed Daily

> Over 21,600 children killed in Gaza since October 2023 war. Where are the headlines?
- Title: Children of Gaza Killed Daily · EUobserver | Shortify
- Summary: Over 21,600 children killed in Gaza since October 2023 war. Where are the headlines? More than 21,600 children have been killed in Gaza since Israel's…
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- Source: EUobserver — https://euobserver.com/241274/the-children-of-gaza-are-being-killed-every-day-where-are-the-headlines
- Published: 2026-10-06T13:43:42+00:00
- Read time: 2 min
- Topics: gaza, children, unicef, israel, hamas, eu, child rights, palestine, politics, world
## Children Killed in Gaza
Every day, children are killed in Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. Where are the outraged headlines?
## 21,600 Children Killed
The number of children killed in Gaza since Israel started its onslaught, following the Hamas attack on 7 October, 2023, is estimated at more than 21,600.
## UNICEF Data
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says that since the so-called Israel-Hamas ceasefire, an average of 'at least' one child a day, 300 children over 300 days, has been killed in the enclave.

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## Children's Lives Destroyed
Children, toddlers, and babies are being killed in their homes, schools, hospitals, shelters, and on roads marked by displacement. They are also dying because the basic structures that should protect them, family, healthcare, education, food, water, and refuge, have been systematically destroyed.
## EU Arms Transfers
EU governments continue to authorise arms transfers to Israel despite rules which require governments to deny licences where there is a risk that military equipment will be used for serious violations of international humanitarian law.
## EU Child Rights Commitment
Every EU member state is also bound by the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the EU’s own treaty, which requires the union to promote children’s rights.
## EU Silence on Gaza
Our lack of a strong reaction to what is happening is Gaza is also the story of how bystander societies can watch, absorb, and rationalise horrors - and move on.
## Children's Unchilding
Their age, instead of guaranteeing greater protection, becomes entangled with suspicion. Palestinian scholar Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian says children are imagined not as children with futures but as demographic threats, future militants, or extensions of an armed group.
## EU Staff for Peace
EU Staff for Peace holds vigils in front of the European Commission and the EU Council every Thursday, reading out names of children killed in Gaza, including babies under one year old.
## Key takeaway

More than 21,600 children have been killed in Gaza since Israel's October 2023 offensive, with no international headlines addressing the crisis.