idegenszavak@sh.itjust.workstoWorld News@lemmy.ml•44% of All Palestinians Killed by Israel Since October 7 are Children
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6 months agoStatistically that means more adult were killed compared to the general demographic distribution of Gaza. Around 56% of people in Gaza are younger than 18.
Age structure (2018 estimate) from wiki:
- 0–14 years: 44.1%
- 15–24 years: 21.3%
- 25–54 years: 28.5%
- 55–64 years: 3.5%
- 65 years and over: 2.6%
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_State_of_Palestine
Last time someone took in a lot of Palestinians en masse resulted in a civil war: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_September
It’s more complex than that, but usually that’s why a lot of countries don’t want to help that way.