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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 477

children in war

A woman prepares bedding inside a shelter at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip on December 29, 2024. (Bashar Taleb/AFP)
December 31, 2024, 4:34 am
Gaza newborn freezes to death, twin fights for his life after rain floods tent
Month-old Jumaa al-Batran is one of six Palestinians said to have died in recent days due to exposure to cold
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Shuli Abitbul (far left), Dani Admasu, Hen Avigdori (third from left) and Hadassa Ben Ari at a panel at Jerusalem's Mandel Leadership Institute on September 22, 2024 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
October 2, 2024, 1:51 pm
Parents, creators discuss how to talk to kids about war, hostage crisis
Conference at Jerusalem’s Mandel Leadership Institute includes TV writer Hen Avigdori, whose wife and daughter were released from captivity; ‘Laugh as much as possible,’ he says
By Jessica Steinberg
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres listens during a UN Security Council meeting at UN headquarters in New York City on April 18, 2024. (Angela Weiss/AFP)
June 13, 2024, 7:39 pm
Israel promises reaction to UN blacklist designation, but hasn’t made decision yet
Official says measures will be taken against agencies and personnel, but will not affect aid to Gaza
By Lazar Berman
Displaced children pose standing at their tent on the first day of the Eid al-Fitr festival, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on April 10, 2024 (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
June 12, 2024, 5:46 am
UN publishes report with IDF, Hamas, PIJ added to ‘list of shame’ for first time
Guterres says he’s ‘appalled by dramatic increase and unprecedented scale and intensity of grave violations’ against children in Gaza, Israel and West Bank over past year
By Jacob Magid and AP
IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip in a photo approved for publication on June 2, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 7, 2024, 9:25 pm
Israel livid as it’s added to UN ‘list of shame’ for wartime children’s rights violations
Israel put on list for first time, alongside Hamas, Islamic Jihad; PM slams delusional’ move; Jerusalem defends ‘most moral army in world,’ says decision will impact ties with UN
By Jacob Magid
Ms. Rachel, the hit children's video educator, singer-songwriter, in a clip from one of her videos. (Screenshot via YouTube)
May 24, 2024, 10:34 pm
Following backlash, YouTuber for toddlers sings prayer for children of Gaza, Israel
Rachel Griffin Accurso, whose ‘Ms. Rachel’ channel has 10 million subscribers, says she was cyberbullied for mentioning Gazan kids, but not Israeli, in conflict zone fundraiser
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Ms. Rachel, the hit children's video educator and singer-songwriter, in a clip from one of her videos. (Screenshot via YouTube/ JTA)
May 17, 2024, 1:57 am
Toddler video superstar ‘Ms. Rachel’ launches Gaza fundraiser, dividing Jewish moms
The children’s YouTube sensation raises $50,000 in hours for Save the Children fund for kids in Gaza, Congo, Sudan and Ukraine; online forums for mothers bash absence of Israel
By Jackie Hajdenberg
The children and babies kidnapped on October 7 and held hostage by terrorists in the Gaza Strip. (Israel's official Twitter account)
November 20, 2023, 5:25 pm
On World Children’s Day, Israeli group urges global action to free kids held in Gaza
Israeli Association for Early Childhood says lack of action by UN members to secure the release of some 40 children and babies held by terror groups adds to their suffering
By Michael Horovitz
Russian pastor Roman Vinogradov (L) plays a board game with some of the 12 Ukrainian children he and his wife are fostering outside the Siberian city of Novosibirsk on March 10, 2023. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP)
April 9, 2023, 4:19 pm
31 Ukrainian children brought back from Russia, rescue organization says
Kyiv accuses Moscow of abducting or deporting close to 20,000 children during war, as investigation finds an open effort to put Ukrainian children up for adoption in Russia
By AP
United Nation's special representative for children and armed conflict, Virginia Gamba, speaks during a press conference, in Yangon, Myanmar, May 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw/File)
December 13, 2022, 11:42 am
Israel said set to show UN envoy proof most slain Palestinian minors had terror ties
Visiting special representative for children in armed conflict to be given evidence of ‘cynical use of kids’ by terrorists
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Smoke rises after Israeli airstrikes on a residential building in Gaza, August 7, 2022. (Adel Hana/AP)
August 16, 2022, 2:17 pm
IDF finds Israeli strike killed 5 children in Gaza during recent operation – report
Military reportedly initially thought children were killed by a failed rocket launch, as was the case a day earlier
By ToI Staff
Children and parents pass the time in the basement of a hospital in Mykolaiv, March 26, 2022. (BULENT KILIC / AFP)
March 27, 2022, 3:54 pm
Residents of Mykolaiv dare to hope as Russia apparently eases bombardment of city
After weeks of shelling, the Russian offensive appears to slow, leaving locals feeling slightly less under threat; ‘I want to make a guitar to learn to play,’ says wounded girl
By Selim SAHEB ETTABA
Yasinya, 10, center, her mother, left, and Dr. Alex Gileles, right. (Hadassah spokesperson)
March 25, 2022, 6:50 pm
Israeli doctor saves life of Ukrainian girl, 4, suffering from rare genetic disorder
Yasinya, who has cystic fibrosis, arrived at Israeli clinic at Polish border with lungs nearly blocked; ‘It felt like providence,’ says Alex Gilelis, who was able to treat her
By Tobias Siegal
Natalia Moiseinko holds her 10-year-old daughter Zlata Moiseinko, suffering from a chronic heart condition, as she receives treatment at a schoolhouse that has been converted into an Israeli field hospital in Mostyska, western Ukraine, on March 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
March 24, 2022, 11:10 pm
Ukrainian girl and her hamster reach Israel’s field hospital after escaping bombings
10-year-old Zlata and her beloved pet rest in a converted schoolhouse near Polish border; UN says half of Ukraine’s children have been displaced
By Cara Anna
Palestinian amputee children play at a swimming pool during a summer camp under Palestinian Children's Relief Fund (PCRF) in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on August 3, 2019. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
March 18, 2021, 6:41 pm
Rights group: Israel wrongly excluded from UN’s children-in-conflict blacklist
Panel formed by Watchlist on Children says Israeli forces among at least 8 parties to conflicts found responsible for killing or maiming more than 100 children in a single year
By Edith M. Lederer
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