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The Washington Post@washingtonpost · Jul 30, 2025

18,500 of the 60,000 people killed in Israel’s war in Gaza are children. Here are their names. 🧵

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A thread listing the names of Palestinian children killed in Gaza's war, documenting that approximately 18,500 of the 60,000 total deaths are children, with individual stories highlighting the human toll of the conflict.

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    18,500 of the 60,000 people killed in Israel’s war in Gaza are children. Here are their names. 🧵 wapo.st/3U5KowA

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    (3/18) So far, you have read the names of 30 Gazan children killed in the war. wapo.st/3U5KowA

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    (5/18) Sannd Abu al-Shaer was just 70 days old when an airstrike killed him and his 8-year-old brother, Abdul, and 5-year-old brother, Tariq. Tariq would ask his mother to help him get ready quickly to hurry to school. He dreamed of becoming a pediatrician and had a bicycle.

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    (12/18) Youssef Sharaf lived with 30 relatives in an apartment building, hoping to find safety in numbers. But an Oct. 25, 2023 blast killed his four children: Malak, 11; Malik, 10; Yasmin, 6; and Nour, 3. He spent more than a week trying to dig their bodies out from the rubble.

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    (18/18) So far, you’ve read the names of 180 children killed in the war. wapo.st/3U5KowA

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    Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel’s war in Gaza. Read the full list of known names of children killed in the war: wapo.st/3U5KowA