An Israeli airstrike on Sunday killed at least seven children who were waiting to collect clean water at one of Gaza’s few remaining distribution points, as Palestinians grow increasingly desperate in the face of Israel’s continued bombing campaign and near-total humanitarian blockade.
Children were lined up with their containers at the water distribution site in central Gaza’s Nuseirat camp when an Israeli missile hit the tent — killing at least 10 people and wounding an additional 17, according to Al-Awda Hospital. At least seven of the dead were children.
Graphic video shared by Palestinian journalists on the ground showed people running toward the tent, where bloodied bodies were strewn amid the yellow and blue water canteens. Men were seen trying to transport the dead and wounded