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'Cease-Fire Now': Britons Hold Vigil for 2,300+ Children Killed in Gaza by Israeli Airstrikes [1]
['Julia Conley', 'Julia Conley Is A Staff Writer For Common Dreams.']
Date: 2023-10-24 21:18:24+00:00
Mourners at a vigil outside British Parliament on Tuesday wrote on their hands the names of some of the more than 2,300 Palestinian children killed in Israel's bombardment so far, following reports that parents in Gaza have taken to labeling their children's hands and legs so that medical workers will be able to identify them if they become the next victims of a bombing.
"We received some cases where the parents wrote the names of their children on the legs and abdomen," Dr. Abdul Rahman Al Masri, who heads the emergency department at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, toldCNN on Monday. "Anything could happen... They feel they are targeted at any moment."
The people gathered at the vigil in Parliament Square in London, organized by Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), called for "an immediate cease-fire to stop the loss of thousands more young lives."
"Today we mourn the at least 2,000 children that have been killed since Israel's bombardment and siege of Gaza began. A further 5,000 children have been injured and 800 children are missing, believed to be dead under the rubble," said Melanie Ward, CEO of MAP.
One mourner wrote the name of 13-year-old Bayan Shabat, who was one of seven children killed in an airstrike on her home in Beit Hanoun on October 8.
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