*[Enwl-eng] Israel-Hamas war: young are bearing the brunt

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                  Global Edition - Today's top story: The UN is calling the 
Israel-Hamas war a 'graveyard of children'. In an adult conflict, the young 
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                   Global Edition | 6 November 2023







                  My week has mainly been taken up with coverage of the 
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up of innocent civilians with young people being disproportionately 
affected, just as in Hamas’s attack on Israel – is rising with unbearable 
rapidity. And any hope of a peaceful resolution to the Israel-Palestine 
question has in all probability disappeared for another generation as what 
looks like a devastating land war gets started in the face of dwindling 
international support.

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                  The UN is calling the Israel-Hamas war a ‘graveyard of 
children’. In an adult conflict, the young are suffering most
                  Patrick O'Leary, Griffith University

                  It’s often the most vulnerable who suffer most in war. 
That remains true, with children making up around 40% of the casualties in 
the Israel-Hamas conflict. It’s devastating, now and into the future.


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