Children in the Gaza Strip are facing a lethal, hidden threat from the remnants of war, including unexploded ordnance and devices intentionally disguised as toys, according to Gaza’s Director General of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Muneer Alboursh.
Alboursh issued a powerful condemnation of the practice, stating that the deliberate placement of these devices poses an acute and ongoing danger to the youngest residents of the territory.
According to the Ministry of Health, items such as dolls, teddy bears, and colorful balls are being used to lure and injure children.
“When a child reaches for the ‘pretty toy,’ the horrific truth explodes in their face,” he wrote.
Really not sure if this is a reputable news source. Never heard of this website and as others mentioned here, there seem to be no reports on this topic in the bigger general press outlets.
With reputable sources I don’t necessarily mean western media, but also e.g. Al Jazeera doesn’t seem to report on this topic. Which would be huge if true.
ABC Australia reported that children mistook unexploded bombs for toys: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-31/unexploded-ordinance-israel-ibombs-gaza-clearance-war-remnants/105937500
That’s still heartbreaking and horrible, but quite a different story than Israel explicitly placing ecplosives disguised as toys.
If one of you found further proofs, I’d be happy if you could share some links.
Lot of libs showing up here doing more work to sourcebro than actually check the claim.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20251103-israel-accused-of-planting-booby-trapped-toys-to-kill-children-in-gaza/
Looking at… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East_Monitor … that source also doesn’t seem too objective to me TBH.
Again: I’m not saying that the original article is wrong. I just say that claims by any news outlet that a) isn’t too popular or b) that has a strong and well-documented bias in one direction must be questioned until proven right.
And MEMO, according to Wikipedia, has a long history of pro Hamas propaganda back until 2009, long before the current war even started.