Israel killing at least one Palestinian child a week in West Bank, Unicef says

Israel killing at least one Palestinian child a week in West Bank, Unicef says Submitted by Mera Aladam on Wed, 05/13/2026 - 07:34 UN agency for children says escalating military and settler violence is denying children access to basic rights A Palestinian child looks on during an Israeli military raid on the Jenin refugee camp, occupied West Bank, 27 November 2025 (Zain Jaafar/AFP) Off Israeli forces have killed an average of at least one Palestinian child a week in the occupied West Bank since the start of 2025, a Unicef spokesperson said on Tuesday. James Elder said 70 children had been killed since then, warning they were paying “an intolerable price for escalating militarised operations and settler attacks”. A further 850 children have been wounded, with most injuries caused by live ammunition. “All this comes amid historic levels of settler attacks,” Elder said, adding that documented assaults on children included pepper sprayings, beatings, stabbings and shootings. Children are also increasingly at risk of arrest and detention by Israeli forces. At least 347 Palestinian children are being held in Israeli military detention over alleged security-related offences. According to the rights group Save the Children, Palestinian children are the only children in the world systematically prosecuted in military courts. More than half of those detained - 180 children - are being held under administrative detention , a controversial Israeli policy that allows Palestinians to be imprisoned without charge or trial for indefinitely renewable periods. Testimonies gathered by leading rights groups, along with media reports, say detained children have faced starvation, beatings, sex...

Original source: Middle East Eye