There is no justification for bombing children. According tot he charity Save the Children, about 30% of the 11,300 identified children killed in Gaza between last October and 31 August were younger than five, according to a newly published breakdown of the ages of about 34,000 people whose deaths have been verified by Gaza’s Ministry of Health. Of those about 710 were babies aged under 12 months. Another 2,800 children killed have yet to be identified. I am a realist, and know there will be collateral damage in conflict. But these figures betray a degree of recklessness that needs to be addressed, if not by the bombing country, then by international laws.