Gaza Parents Writing Children’s Names on Bodies for Identification Amid Rising Death Toll in Israeli-Hamas Conflict

Devastating conflict claims over 1,700 children's lives amid a crumbling healthcare system with hospitals at capacity and on the brink of collapse due to shortages in medicine, water, electricity, and fuel.

Gaza parents are resorting to writing their children's names on their bodies in black ink for identification due to the high number of child casualties in the ongoing conflict. This unusual step underscores the dire situation as death toll continues to rise.
Over 1,700 children have been reported dead and hospitals are overwhelmed due to a surge in casualties in Gaza from Israeli airstrikes following a Hamas terrorist attack.
The healthcare system in Gaza is teetering on the brink of collapse, with hospitals running out of medicine, water, and electricity required to provide treatment, and the area might run out of fuel in three to four days, causing a severe water and electricity crisis.
The first two aid convoys from Egypt have reached the Gaza Strip, but there are urgent calls for more help as the supplies are far from sufficient to address the escalating humanitarian crisis.
Amid the conflict, Israel has issued evacuation orders threatening the operation of hospitals treating critical injuries and providing shelter to displaced civilians, aggravating the healthcare and humanitarian crisis further.