Among them was a one-year-old boy who just hours earlier had said his first word, according to the UN children's fund Unicef. During the attack, he was with his mother, who was seriously injured but survived.
She is now lying in a hospital bed and "hugging her son's little shoe", according to Unicef's statement.
The UN agency expresses disgust over the attack on the clinic, which totally killed 15 Palestinians who were queuing for nutritional supplements for children.
In pictures and videos after the attack, women and children are seen lying in pools of blood. In a clip, several lifeless children are seen lying on a stretcher, in a picture taken later, the same children are seen lined up on a cold hospital floor. A young woman bends over one of the bodies, strokes the cheek of her little sister and says goodbye.
According to Israel's version, the target of the attack was a Hamas terrorist who participated in the October 7 attack against Israel 2023.