More than 80 children killed in West Bank since Oct. 7, UNICEF says
Source: WaPo
Eighty-three children have been killed in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in the past three months double the number for the whole of 2022, the agencys regional director Adele Khodr said in a statement Thursday. More than 576 have been wounded, she added.
As the world watches on in horror at the situation in the Gaza Strip, children in the West Bank are experiencing a nightmare of their own, Khodr said.
Children living in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, have been experiencing grinding violence for many years, yet the intensity of that violence has dramatically increased since the horrific attacks of 7 October.
In total, 124 Palestinian children and six Israeli children have been killed there this year, the agency said.
A separate report from the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights published Wednesday found that at least 300 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since Oct. 7, most of them in incidents involving Israeli security forces.
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stopdiggin
(11,462 posts)"most women and children .."
TeamProg
(6,444 posts)stopdiggin
(11,462 posts)atreides1
(16,136 posts)You haven't been reading some of the posts here...anyone connected to the UN is considered to be pro-Hamas. Which means that UNICEF by it's association with the UN is just another pro-Hamas organization and can't be trusted to tell the truth!!!
My post is mostly sarcasm, except for the feelings of some here, who regard most UN connected organizations as being pro-Hamas!!
EX500rider
(10,901 posts)16, 17 and 18 year olds throwing Molotov cocktails?
TeamProg
(6,444 posts)consider to be children?"
and while you're at it, also Google "How many Israeli hostages has the I.D.F. shot and killed?"
maxsolomon
(33,504 posts)I don't get what the point of including that in your response.
EX500rider
(10,901 posts)The answer being of course a fraction of the hostages Hamas has killed.
womanofthehills
(8,827 posts)Many are young boys around 6 to 12 for throwing rocks. Even dragging off some young girls.
One video was unbelievable- IDF had a 3 year old who was throwing stones and searched for his father - and took them both to jail. Here is another one with an older child - 5 yrs old.
EX500rider
(10,901 posts)Have a 6-12 year old throw large rocks at US Police cars and also watched them get "dragged" off
questionseverything
(9,672 posts)This settler shit is theft , right out in the open with police protecting the thieves
iemanja
(53,137 posts)The notion that all CHILDREN are terrorists is repulsive and inconsistent with basic humanity--not to mention facts.
EX500rider
(10,901 posts)Who said "all children are terrrorists"?
A 17yo terrorist firing a Ak-47 or throwing Molotov cocktail at the IDF is just as deadly as a 20yo doing the same thing though.
You can join the US military at 17, do you believe the US uses child soldiers ?
iemanja
(53,137 posts)This is in the West Bank, not Gaza. Your glib response dismisses the death of all of those minors. Human life matters--regardless of age or RELIGION. I'm sorry that you can't see that.
EX500rider
(10,901 posts)Where did I say human life didn't matter based on religion? Did you just make that up?
chowder66
(9,132 posts)Magoo48
(4,736 posts)The blood lust and slaughter strips away every pretense of civilized dress whose torn rags humanity clings to; it lays bare the savage, unjust depths of offal corrupt leaders will waller into to support societal structures which raise the favored over the impoverished minority, structures whose roots reach deep into religious mythology, dogma, preference, and hate.
IronLionZion
(45,727 posts)That'll teach them.
womanofthehills
(8,827 posts)Hundreds of horrible West Bank videos
Lots of young kids being detained/arrested and lots of videos of settlers being very abusive and IDF forcing people out of their homes - one video an old lady was forced out of her home crying & yelling by IDF while 2 young settlers with backpacks walk into her home.
TeamProg
(6,444 posts)Cultivating more terrorism for the future.
questionseverything
(9,672 posts)BuddhaGirl
(3,617 posts)Why in the hell didn't the US put conditions on its aid to Israel?? Why not tie it to eliminating settler expansion? Or more humanitarian treatment of Gaza?
Utterly shameful.
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