The Government Media Office in Gaza has issued a powerful condemnation of what it described as a “shocking crime of genocide against childhood,” accusing the Israeli occupation forces of deliberately targeting children in its ongoing military campaign.

In a statement released Sunday, the Office reported that 490 Palestinian children have been killed in the past 20 days as a result of what it termed “barbaric attacks” carried out by the Israeli military. The total death toll during this period has now risen to 1,350, according to the Office, with the majority of casualties being civilians.

“We are facing a bitter reality in which entire families are being wiped out, childhood is buried under the rubble of homes, and a new dark history is being written in the record of crimes that will not be forgotten,” the statement declared.

The Gaza Media Office emphasized that the mounting death toll among children is “sufficient to confirm the existence of a systematic and deliberate policy of killing Palestinian children.” It described the Israeli campaign as part of an ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people, calling it a deliberate and coordinated policy aimed at extinguishing the next generation.

The statement harshly criticized the international community for its failure to stop the bloodshed. It held Israel, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany fully responsible for what it described as a “continued massacre of children,” accusing these nations of complicity in the genocide through support, arms sales, and political cover.

“The continued shameful international silence and failure to hold the occupation accountable clearly constitute complicity in a genocide taking place in full view of the world,” the Office said.

The Government Media Office urged all human rights organizations, humanitarian agencies, legal institutions, and international courts to take immediate and decisive action, calling for an end to Israeli aggression, a full international investigation into crimes against children and civilians, and the prosecution of those responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

In its closing remarks, the Office warned that “the memory of humanity will never forgive the world’s silence,” adding that the innocent souls lost in Gaza and the blood of its children “will not be forgotten.”

This latest statement underscores the deepening humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and the urgent calls for international accountability amid growing outrage over the rising civilian death toll. (ILKHA)