‘Barbarism’: UN Says Israeli Attacks
Killed Only Women, Children in Gaza
Alastair McCready / Al Jazeera

(April 12, 2025) — Analysis by the United Nations reveals only Palestinian women and children were killedin at least 36 Israeli strikes on Gaza between March 18 and April 9.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has lashed out at Israel’s killing of civilians in Gaza, saying, “If this is not barbarism, I ask you, what is it?”

Israeli attacks on Gaza have killed at least 20 people since dawn on Friday as the territory’s Health Ministry says 1,542 were killed since Israel shattered the ceasefire on March 18.

Gaza’s Health Ministry says at least 50,912 Palestinians are confirmed dead and 115,981 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza. The Government Media Office updated its death toll to more than 61,700, saying thousands of people missing under the rubble are presumed dead.

At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attacks and more than 200 were taken captive.