DUBLIN, Ireland -- Hundreds of baby vests and T-shirts have been placed on a beach in Dublin this week, with each one representing a child who died during the 50-day conflict between Gaza and Israel last year.
The installation was made by a group of artists who wanted to remember the children killed in the war last summer, which left 2,200 Palestinians and 73 people in Israel dead. More than 550 of the Palestinians who died were children.
The group of artists asked Dubliners to donate white baby clothes for their installation, which stands on a beach in Sandymount, about 3 miles south of the city centre.
Hundreds of small white t-shirts also stood on Dublin's Sandymount Strand Weds to remember children killed in #Gaza pic.twitter.com/L2J09qcqzv— reported.ly (@reportedly) July 9, 2015
Todays memorial on the beach at Sandymount for the 556 children, who were killed by Israel's attack on Gaza. pic.twitter.com/DHPisw8Kox— Dror Feiler (@DrorFeiler) July 8, 2015
The choice of location is particularly poignant. Four children -- all members of the same family -- were killed by an Israeli airstrike that was meant for Hamas militants, while playing football on a beach in Gaza.
via @TheRoJLiGht Sandymount now: @PalFestIreland remembering 556 Gaza kids killed last summer https://t.co/1jnN33MXdt pic.twitter.com/ee9qsXbWzQ— Ruairí McKiernan (@ruairimckiernan) July 8, 2015
Dublin remembers the children of Gaza on Sandymount Strand this morning. @PalFestIreland pic.twitter.com/hreHGLsy1Q— Ciara O'Callaghan (@OCallaghanCiara) July 8, 2015