More than 3,600 Palestinian children were killed in the first 25 days of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, according to The Associated Press.

“They were hit by airstrikes, smashed by misfired rockets, burned by blasts and crushed by buildings, and among them were newborns and toddlers, avid readers, aspiring journalists and boys who thought they’d be safe in a church,” the report says.

“When houses are destroyed, they collapse on the heads of children,” writer Adam al-Madhoun was quoted as saying as he comforted his 4-year-old daughter Kenzi at the Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central Gaza city of Deir al-Balah.

“She survived an airstrike that ripped off her right arm, crushed her left leg and fractured her skull,” the report adds.