{"id":55634,"date":"2025-10-13T11:24:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T19:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=55634"},"modified":"2025-10-13T11:24:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T19:24:57","slug":"3-palestinian-children-injured-by-likely-idf-unexploded-ordnance-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/13\/3-palestinian-children-injured-by-likely-idf-unexploded-ordnance-in-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Palestinian Children Injured by Likely IDF Unexploded Ordnance in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three more Palestinian children were injured Monday in the Gaza<\/a> Strip by what was likely Israel<\/a> Defense Forces unexploded ordnance, a danger that United Nations experts say<\/a> could take more than a decade to defuse.<\/p>\n

Gaza Civil Defense said in a statement that the three children were \u201cinjured with varying degrees of wounds due to the explosion of a suspicious object from the remnants of the Israeli occupation near Al-Shifa Hospital\u201d \u2013 which was repeatedly bombed<\/a>, besieged<\/a>, and invaded<\/a> by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops.<\/p>\n

The children were reportedly playing with the object when it exploded. Children are particularly vulnerable to death and injury from certain types of unexploded ordnance (UXO), which can appear similar to toys. This is especially true of cluster munitions, which the IDF denies using in Gaza.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udea8BREAKING | A suspicious object exploded in the hands of children playing near Al-Shifa Hospital, injuring five, two of them in very critical condition. Recent news from locals speak of several booby-trapped toys left behind by the Israeli occupation army following its\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/0Nw6DvYQ8Q<\/a><\/p>\n

— Translating Falasteen (Palestine) (@translatingpal) October 13, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n