Palestinian children living under Israeli occupation have endured numerous offensives on Gaza. Each day they're subject to militarized checkpoints & violent expulsions from their homes. This is what it’s like for children living under the constant threat of Israeli aggression: 
More than 3,000 Palestinian children have been killed by Israeli forces over the past two decades and tens of thousands have been injured. Currently, at least 1 million Palestinian children are in need of humanitarian assistance.
Over and above the deaths caused by Israeli airstrikes, numerous children are denied emergency medical care as a result of Israeli barriers and military checkpoints which significantly impede Palestinians’ freedom of movement.
Restrictions on movement also affect Palestinian children’s access to education. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Education, in the West Bank, thousands of children are in need of protective presence, or observer groups, to reach school safely.
Palestinian children are also regularly harassed, attacked and detained by Israeli forces. Each year, around 500-700 Palestinian children are detained and prosecuted in the Israeli military court system.
During the most recent Israeli offensive on Gaza, 66 children were killed and thousands lost their homes. Israeli airstrikes also damaged 54 schools, causing 600,000 students “significant learning loss, in addition to the psychosocial consequences."
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