Israel-Palestine, Hong Kong, Afghanistan.

Today's three stories you should know.

Israel-Palestine

“I was playing on the swing in the yard, and when I woke up, I found myself in the hospital. The doctors cut my long hair and I was so upset.” With more than 7,000 of them killed, children have become the overwhelming - and innocent - victims of the Israel-Gaza war. Al Jazeera today published a moving piece in which it travelled to a hospital to talk to several children who have been wounded in Israeli strikes.

More from Al Jazeera here.

Hong Kong

Police in Hong Kong today offered bounties for information leading to the arrest of five pro-democracy activists living overseas. Rewards of one million Hong Kong dollars ($128,000) were offered for each of the activists - Simon Cheng, Frances Hui, Joey Siu, Johnny Fok and Tony Choi - most of whom live in the US and the UK. Many leaders of a 2019 pro-democracy protest movement fled Hong Kong after a controversial national security law was introduced and activists were jailed.

More from VOA here.

Afghanistan

Authorities in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan are sending abused women to prison and claiming it is for their own protection, a UN report has said. The government had already shut down state-sponsored women's shelters, saying there was no need for them. "Confining women who are already in a situation of vulnerability in a punitive environment would also likely have a negative impact on their mental and physical health, re-victimisation and put them at risk of discrimination and stigmatisation upon released," the report said. Since coming to power more than two years ago, the Taliban has systematically stripped women and girls of most of their rights.

More from BBC here.