Israel willfully targeted Gaza children

A new report by Defense for Children International-Palestine, titled "Operation Protective Edge: A War Waged On Gaza's Children", has displayed documented events proving that that Israel deliberately murdered Palestinian children during its genocidal offensive against the Gaza Strip, this past summer.

According to the report, the number of children killed in the last summer offensive on Gaza hit 535, a majority of them under the age 12.

Another 3,400 children were injured - over 1,000 maimed for life.

They need vital medical care unavailable because of Israel's lawless siege - ongoing aggression by any standard with full US-led Western support.

The genocidal war was the sixth Israeli military offensive on Gaza in the past eight years, and raised the number of children killed in assaults on Gaza to 1,097 since 2006, the Palestinian News Network informs.

Between December 2008 and January 2009 Israeli forces killed at least 353 children, as well as a further 33 children in November 2012.

According to the report, Israel considers all civilians legitimate targets.