Printed On 7 Oct 2025
At the least 41 youngsters have been killed this 12 months by Israeli hearth within the occupied West Financial institution, together with occupied East Jerusalem, based on the United Nations youngsters’s company (UNICEF).
Among the girls and boys had been killed throughout Israeli navy raids, whereas others had been killed in settler assaults. Various them had been shot whereas strolling of their neighbourhoods, taking part in outdoors or staying of their houses.
“The state of affairs within the West Financial institution together with East Jerusalem, has considerably deteriorated,” UNICEF spokesperson Ricardo Pires instructed Al Jazeera.
According to Protection for Youngsters Worldwide – Palestine, a human rights organisation centered on baby rights, a minimum of 23 youngsters underneath the age of 16 have been killed by Israeli hearth up to now this 12 months.
Among the many youngsters killed had been Layla, aged two, shot in Jenin whereas perched on her mom’s lap; Saddam, 10, killed whereas holding his father’s cellphone in Tulkarem; Amer, 14, a US citizen from New Jersey whose father mentioned he was shot whereas choosing almonds; Ayman, 12, killed outdoors his grandfather’s residence in Hebron; Rimas, 13, shot within the Jenin refugee camp whereas taking part in outdoors; Ahmad, 14, killed in Sebastia underneath unclear circumstances; and Mahmoud, 14, considered one of 5 folks killed in a Jenin missile assault that spared solely his father.
Israeli authorities declare their operations goal fighters and that troopers are prohibited from firing at civilians, particularly minors.
However the circumstances of the youngsters’s killings name these claims into query. The navy says investigations into a few of the instances are ongoing, however households report receiving no details about what occurred to their youngsters and demand accountability.
In June, the UN kept Israel on its “blacklist” of nations committing abuses towards youngsters in armed battle for a second 12 months.
In a report, it mentioned violence towards youngsters in battle zones reached “unprecedented ranges” in 2024, with the best variety of violations dedicated by the Israeli military within the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Financial institution.
Every case on this picture gallery is documented with names, ages, areas and circumstances, underscoring each the private loss and scale of kid casualties within the battle.
