Children of Gaza call on the world to end their suffering

Children staged a press conference outside Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital on Tuesday, pleading for the world to take action as Israel persists in the incessant bombardment of the besieged Palestinian territory.

A group of children stood behind several microphones placed on a wooden table in a courtyard just outside the hospital where tens of thousands of people have sought sanctuary from the aerial and ground onslaught.

Palestinian children have borne much of the impact of Israel's war on Gaza, where minors up about half of the population.

Almost half of the more than 10,500 people killed since Israel began bombing the territory on 7 October have been children. A child has been killed every 10 minutes during the onslaught, Gaza's media office said last week.

Produced by Reem Khabbazy