Israeli hidden explosives continue to kill Palestinian children in Gaza, despite the supposed ‘ceasefire’. In one incident this morning, a ‘suspicious device’ went off, killing one child and wounding several:

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Palestinian journalist Wissam Nassar said:

They called it a ceasefire, yet death still hides beneath the rubble. Before withdrawing, Israeli forces planted explosives and mines across Gaza silent killers waiting for innocent hands to touch. Today, another child paid the price. Even in “peace,” Israel’s war on Gaza’s children never ends.

Hidden explosives

Local journalists and civil defence have accused Israel of leaving cans of ‘food’ and even toys packed with explosives, with numerous reports of children killed or maimed after picking them up. In what appears to have been a concerted counter-information campaign, Western media and US government-funded ‘fact checkers’ quoted US military experts dismissing the idea and claiming that the food cans are mine detonators, without questioning why ‘mine detonators’ were being left behind in bombed civilian homes for families to find.

The United Nations and human rights groups have condemned the extent of Israel’s booby-trap campaign in Gaza – a practice that the organisation says pre-dates the post-October 2023 genocide – during the genocide and which was mirrored in Israel’s terrorist ‘pager’ attack in Lebanon.

Even without the toys and food cans, the United Nations says that Israel’s genocidal campaign has left a ‘dark legacy’ of thousands of tons of unexploded ordnance that continues to endanger Palestinian civilians, even more so as they begin to return to the rubble of their homes.

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