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OPINION | Aayesha Soni: What is happening in Gaza is beyond warfare

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A Palestinian child stands near objects salvaged amid the debris of a house destroyed by overnight Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on 27 April 2024, as the conflict between Israel and the militant group Hamas continues. (AFP)
A Palestinian child stands near objects salvaged amid the debris of a house destroyed by overnight Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on 27 April 2024, as the conflict between Israel and the militant group Hamas continues. (AFP)

In Gaza, every 10 minutes marks the tragic loss or injury of a child. Amid the rubble and grief, the international community faces a stark reminder of its failure to protect the vulnerable, as women and children continue to bear the brunt of the ongoing war, writes Aayesha Soni.

"Every 10 minutes, a child is killed or wounded [in Gaza]. They are protected under the laws of war, and yet they are ones who are disproportionately paying the ultimate price," said UN human rights chief Volker Türk recently.

These harrowing images, which reach our screens daily from the streets of Gaza and now Rafah, have led to an incorrigible jolting of the moral conscience of millions of people globally.

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