As a human, as A Jew I am horrified by the death of innocent children. I want it to stop. It made me wonder about the horror in Syria to the north. Estimates of deaths in the Syrian War, per opposition activist groups, vary between 115,020[1][2] and 171,510.[3] On 24 July 2013, the United Nations put out an estimate of over 100,000 that had died in the war.[4] UNICEF reported that over 500 children had been killed by early February 2012.[5][6] Another 400 children have been reportedly arrested and tortured in Syrian prisons.[7][8] Both claims have been contested by the Syrian government.[9] Additionally, over 600 detainees and political prisoners have died under torture.[10] By mid-July 2014, the opposition activist group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported the number of children killed in the conflict had risen to 9,092, while at the same time 5,873 women were also killed.[3] According to the UN, 6,561 children were killed by mid-June 2013.[11] The Oxford Research Group said that a total of 11,420 children had been killed in the conflict by late November 2013.[12]
Posted on: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 02:09:18 +0000
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