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That article does not support the 13,000 number that is being bandied around in the past few days. The figure discussed in that piece is much lower, and a former Reuters bureau chief is quoted to say that news organizations should be sceptical of any numbers originating from Hamas-run sources.

Hamas is the sole source of that claim. UNICEF is repeating it uncritically, as is the BBC.

It is Hamas who have killed thousands of children, not Israel.

It was and is the fault of Hamas, mostly. They use children as human shields, deliberately placing them in a war zone.