UNICEF Says 70 Children Killed in West Bank and East Jerusalem Since 2025
UNICEF said 93% of the children were killed by Israeli forces, while another 850 were injured, mostly by live ammunition.
- On Tuesday, leaked remarks revealed Israeli army chief Maj Gen Avi Bluth told a closed forum his troops were "killing like we haven't killed since 1967," while describing loosened rules of engagement for West Bank operations.
- Since October 7, 2023, Israeli settlers have conducted an escalating campaign of violent intimidation against Palestinians, with the IDF increasingly drawing officers from settlements and abetting these actions.
- Bluth admitted to loosening legal constraints, permitting troops to shoot suspects "at the knee or below" to create "barrier awareness" and labeling illegal Palestinian workers as "potential terrorists," despite differential treatment for Jewish settler militants.
- UNICEF spokesperson James Elder reported at least 70 Palestinian children have been killed in the West Bank since 2025, with 93% killed by Israeli forces, while stressing children now walk through fear.
- Bluth warned these discriminatory policies could provoke a West Bank uprising, as UNICEF data shows more than 2,500 Palestinians, including 1,100 children, were displaced in the first four months of 2026, exceeding all of 2025.
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Palestinian children shot, stabbed in W. Bank by Israelis: UN
The United Nations condemned Tuesday the toll from swelling Israeli military operations and settler attacks in the occupied West Bank on children, with 70 Palestinian children killed since early 2025. "Children are paying an intolerable price for escalating military operations and settler attacks across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem," UN children's agency spokesman James Elder told reporters. Since January 2025, when Israel be…
In the occupied West Bank, 70 Palestinian children have been killed and more than 800 injured since the start of Israeli military operations in January last year, the UN Children's Fund (Unicef) said.
Conditions for children in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, are rapidly deteriorating. According to UNICEF, the escalation of military operations and increased settler attacks are not only increasing violence, but also systematically eroding the conditions essential to children’s childhood, safety and future.
UNICEF says 70 children killed in West Bank and East Jerusalem since 2025
Seventy children have been killed in the occupied Palestinian territories excluding Gaza since early 2025, amounting to around one a week, while over 800 have been injured, the U.N. children's agency said on Tuesday.
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Anadolu Ajansı1 Palestinian child killed every week in West Bank since January 2025: UNICEF
At least 70 Palestinian children have been killed in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since the beginning of 2025, averaging roughly one child per week, UNICEF said on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters in Geneva, James Elder, spokesperson for the UNICEF, said 93% of the children were killed by Israeli forces, while another 850 children were injured, most by live ammunition. “Children are paying an intolerable price for escalating m…
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