Two ladies shot in Gaza – BBC items collectively what occurred and appears at dozens extra youngster shootings

The BBC World Service has pieced collectively the tales of Layan al-Majdalawi, two, and Mira Tanboura, six, each killed in Gaza in separate incidents in November 2023, in areas the place the Israel Protection Forces (IDF) was working.

In response to our findings, the IDF mentioned the small print of Layan and Mira’s circumstances had been recorded and “might be examined by the competent authorities”. It added: “Intentional hurt to civilians, particularly kids, is strictly prohibited.”

Layan and Mira are simply two of greater than 160 circumstances of kids shot within the battle in Gaza, for whom now we have gathered accounts.

We discovered that in 95 of those circumstances, the kid had been shot within the head or chest. In 59 of these, we obtained testimony from eyewitnesses, both immediately or by way of human rights organisations and medics. The witnesses alleged that 57 of those kids have been shot by the IDF, and two have been shot by Palestinians – one in celebratory gunfire and the opposite in a gang battle.

For the remaining 36 out of the 95 circumstances, now we have no account of what occurred. Israel bans international reporters from coming into Gaza independently, and the destruction and displacement make gathering particulars troublesome.

The Worldwide Committee of the Crimson Cross has instructed the BBC the world can’t settle for as a “new regular” the kind of warfare that permits so many kids to be shot.