Palestinian children

UNICEF: Children in Palestine live in fear and alarming conditions, lacking protection

Monday-17-March-2025

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Sunday that children in Palestine are facing "extremely alarming" conditions, living in "intense fear and anxiety," and suffering from the consequences of being deprived of humanitarian aid and protection.

After 4-day detention, Israeli court places Palestinian child under one-month house arrest

Monday-10-March-2025

An Israeli court has placed a Palestinian child from occupied Jerusalem under house arrest for a month, away from her family home, and fined her 3,000 shekels (about $800).

West Bank children under Israeli gunfire

Saturday-21-September-2024

20 percent of the Palestinian children killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since 2000 have been killed after October 7, 2023 at a rate of one child every two days, Defense for Children International - Palestine said in a recent report.

Why do Israeli soldiers kill so many children in the West Bank? Because they want to, and can

Monday-16-September-2024

New report highlights dozens of chilling cases in which Israeli forces have deliberately targeted Palestinian children since 7 October.

UNICEF: Child casualties in the West Bank increased by 250% since October 7

Monday-22-July-2024

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported that “On average, one Palestinian child was killed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, every two days since October 2023.”

Hamas calls on UN to blacklist Israel for crimes against children

Tuesday-4-June-2024

On the International Day of Innocent Child Victims of Aggression, the Hamas Movement has called on the UN to include the Israeli occupation state in its blacklist of entities that target children with murder, torture, and displacement.

IOF kills Palestinian child in Jericho, wounds another

Saturday-1-June-2024

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) killed a 16-year-old Palestinian child and injured another in Akbat Jabr refugee camp in Jericho on Saturday evening.

Palestinian child killed in IOF shooting in Qalqiliya

Wednesday-21-February-2024

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) shot and killed a 14-year-old Palestinian child in Azzun town to the east of Qalqiliya governorate on Wednesday.

Hind Rajab, Palestinian child’s distress call shakes the world

Monday-12-February-2024

For 12 days, the Palestinian child Hind Rajab captured the attention of the entire world with her distress call.

UN Committee: More than 10 children in Gaza lose their legs every day

Friday-9-February-2024

The head of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, Anne Skelton, said, “today, there is no child in the Gaza Strip free from fear, pain and hunger.”