Kids Under Fire: An investigation into Israeli soldiers shooting children | Fault Lines Documentary

The war in Gaza has killed nearly 16,000 children since October 2023, most of whom have died in indiscriminate bombings. Yet a deeply unsettling subset of these deaths stands apart - children arriving at trauma centres with gunshot wounds.

Doctors in Gaza report seeing these cases nearly every day. Their accounts, corroborated across hospitals and over time, suggest a disturbing pattern. This is not random. It is systematic.

This film investigates these atrocities through the testimonies of healthcare workers from the United States who witnessed them and tells the story of four-year-old Mira al-Darini. Mira was shot in the head outside her family’s tent in Khan Younis but survived against all odds, thanks to Dr Mimi Syed on her first mission to Gaza. Mira’s case is not isolated. American doctors describe treating dozens of children with nearly identical injuries, linking these horrors to the Israeli military, supported heavily by US funding.

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Credits:

Director and Producer: Amel Guettatfi
Senior Correspondent and producer: Josh Rushing
Executive Producer: Laila Al-Arian
Director of Photography: Singeli Agnew
Editor and Story Producer: Adrienne Haspel
Associate Producer: Mehr Sher
Written by: Amel Guettatfi, Josh Rushing and Laila Al-Arian

Gaza Crew

Directors of Photography:
Mohammed Ibaida
Hussien Jaber
Omer Zineldeen
Mahmoud Kulab
Yousuf Alsaifi

Production manager: Hasan Mashharawi
Producer: Ashraf Mashharawi
Production services: Media Town
Sound Mix: Luke Rohwer
Colourist: Anna Stalter
Archivists: Shelley Simpson
Digital Producer: Riham Mansour
Translation: Amel Guettatfi and Laila Al-Arian
Fact checking: Mehr Sher
Additional cinematography: Craig Pennington and Amel Guettatfi
U.S. Production Management: Anabelle Rojas
Additional reporting: Sanad Agency, Al Jazeera

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