GAZA CITY (Dispatches) — Official data from Gaza’s Health Ministry on Thursday showed that the Israeli regime has killed 18,592 Palestinian children in the besieged enclave since October 2023. 
The ministry’s records indicated that many of the victims were killed in their earliest days of life. Some died just hours after birth, struck by Israeli airstrikes or bombs.
Figures released by the ministry showed that the victims included nine babies killed on the day of their birth, five killed on the first day, five on the second day, and eight on their third day.
The ministry explained that the dead children also included 88 aged one month, 90 aged two months, and 78 aged three months.
The Israeli occupation army has pursued a brutal offensive on Gaza since October 7, 2023, killing over 60,000 Palestinians. The relentless bombardment has devastated the blockaded territory and led to food shortages.
On Monday, Israeli rights groups B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel affirmed that the Tel Aviv regime was committing genocide in Gaza, citing the systematic destruction of Palestinian society and the deliberate dismantling of the territory’s healthcare system.
Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former military affairs minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.