The United Nations has condemned the toll from “escalating” Israeli military operations and settler attacks in the occupied West Bank on children with 70 Palestinian children killed since the start of 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 the start of 2025, when Israel began a large-scale military operation in the West Bank, “at least one Palestinian child has been killed on average every single week” there, said Elder, adding another 850 children had been injured.
– “Most of those killed or wounded were done by live ammunition,” he said.
– According to the UN, March 2026 saw the highest number of Palestinians injured by Israeli settlers in at least 20 years, he pointed out. He stressed such incidents are taking place against the backdrop of the “steady dismantling of the conditions children need to survive and grow”.
– “Homes are demolished, education is destroyed, water systems are attacked, access to healthcare is obstructed, movement is restricted,” said Elder.
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