[euzi]

6000 children so far, not including those whose bodies are still under the rubble.

https://www.unrwa.org/resources/reports/unrwa-situation-repo...

> Maybe we should start running footage of children killed in car accidents to encourage people to drive more safely?

Yes.

[megous]

Here are the numbers by age of a victim:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/longform/2023/11/1/know-their...

    133 babies below the age of one
    482 toddlers (1-3 years old)
    344 preschoolers (4-5 years old)
    1,042 primary school children (6-12 years old)

Numbers are for 7th-25th October. So ~2 thousands <=12 years of age already more than a month ago.

[YZF]

I'm somewhat dubious of Al Jazeera and Hamas numbers. Neither are exactly objective or reliable sources.

But I'm sure the number is high given the dense population and the large proportion of children. Very tragic. I think this will be clearer over time but this conflict will be seen as whatever it was before Oct 7th and after Oct 7th.

Not clear where we go from here. On one hand I blame the Palestinians, both in terms of their recent and historical actions, on the other hand we wouldn't be in this situation without Israeli government actions, strategically and tactically, over the last few decades. But then this government is in power because of the Palestinians. There are of course other players that have been working on creating this mess.

Most likely we're still going to escalate from here. It's sad but it's hard to see any other way.

[wtcactus]

This is abusing the term children.

The majority of this number are adolescents between 15 and 18 that are active participants in the conflict.

Also, it should be noted that even the source for the 6000 UNRWA is providing comes from the Gaza government, i.e. from Hamas.

[YZF]

I don't think this is going to work with car accidents. We'd all just have PTSD from watching dead children and likely drive even crazier and be more violent.