PRODUCTION: BBC World Service
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: United Kingdom
PRODUCTION COUTRY: Palestine
DATE: 2026
LENGTH: 14′
DIRECTED BY: Stephanie Hegarty

A BBC World Service investigation into the killing of children in Gaza, covering cases from the first weeks of the war through July 2025. The short film reconstructs the stories of Layan al-Majdalawi, two, and Mira Tanboura, six, both killed in separate incidents in November 2023 in areas where Israeli forces were operating. The BBC examined more than 160 cases of children shot in Gaza, finding that in 95 cases, the children, most of them under the age of 12, were shot in the head or chest. With foreign journalists barred from entering Gaza, the investigation pieces together evidence to shed light on the circumstances surrounding these deaths.