The Defense of Children in Palestine has tracked dozens of deaths in Palestine as a result of airstrikes from Israel.
  • Neon_Dystopia@lemm.ee
    62·
    11 months ago

    Gaza has a population of 2+ million and HALF those are under 18? What? That’s a crazy statistic.

    • ???@lemmy.worldOP
      491·
      11 months ago

      That’s what war and siege does. People lose children a lot so they have more children.

      This is what it means to live in Gaza:

      0–14 years: 44.1% (male 415,746/female 394,195)

      15–24 years: 21.3% (male 197,797/female 194,112)

      25–54 years: 28.5% (male 256,103/female 267,285)

      55–64 years: 3.5% (male 33,413/female 30,592)’

      65 years and over: 2.6% (male 24,863/female 22,607) (2018 est.)

      Edit: source https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_State_of_Palestine

    • Binthinkin@kbin.social
      371·
      11 months ago

      Well yea, every area that suffers long wars suffers from that. In Niger 50% of the population is under 15. I saw so many kids looking for work it hurt my soul.

      Poverty in the US is a solvable joke by comparison.