Thread by @nytimes

At least 66 children were killed in Gaza and 2 in Israel during 11 days of fighting this month between Israel and Hamas, according to initial reports.

This is who they were. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Baraa al-Garabli was killed in Jabaliya, Gaza, just minutes after the war broke out. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

The al-Hadidi brothers were asleep, their father said, when an Israeli bomb killed them, their mother, their aunt and four cousins.

Suheib loved birds. Yahya liked riding his bike. Osama was known for his style. And Abdurrahman dreamed of going to Turkey. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

The al-Qawlaq family owned two apartment buildings on Al Wahda Street, a main thoroughfare in Gaza City. Israeli strikes reduced both buildings to rubble, killing more than 20 members of the extended family, relatives said, including eight children. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Ido Avigal was huddled with his family in a fortified safe room at his aunt’s home in Sderot, Israel, when a Hamas rocket hit a nearby building. Shrapnel punctured the safe room, tearing into his stomach and killing him. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Yahya Khalifa had hoped to one day visit the Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. He was out running a quick errand and had promised to pick up yogurt and ice cream for his family, his father said, when he was hit by an Israeli airstrike. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Nearly all of the children killed were Palestinian. In Gaza, children grow up amid widespread poverty, can't freely leave the territory and live under constant threat of war. They often suffer from PTSD, chronic fear and anxiety, mental health experts say. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

The children's names, photos and the circumstances of their deaths came from families, teachers, international rights organizations, Palestinian officials, social media, and news outlets in Gaza and Israel. Read their stories: nytimes.com/interactive/20…