More than 80 children killed in West Bank since Oct. 7, UNICEF says

[TeamProg]

Source: WaPo

Eighty-three children have been killed in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in the past three months — double the number for the whole of 2022, the agency’s regional director Adele Khodr said in a statement Thursday. More than 576 have been wounded, she added.

“As the world watches on in horror at the situation in the Gaza Strip, children in the West Bank are experiencing a nightmare of their own,” Khodr said.

“Children living in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, have been experiencing grinding violence for many years, yet the intensity of that violence has dramatically increased since the horrific attacks of 7 October.”

In total, 124 Palestinian children and six Israeli children have been killed there this year, the agency said.

A separate report from the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights published Wednesday found that at least 300 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since Oct. 7, most of them in incidents involving Israeli security forces.

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[stopdiggin]

1. where is the 20,000 number ?

"most women and children .."

[TeamProg]

3. The 20k is in Gaza. This is the West Bank. NT

[stopdiggin]

4. Yep. I missed it. My bad.

[atreides1]

2. UNICEF?

You haven't been reading some of the posts here...anyone connected to the UN is considered to be pro-Hamas. Which means that UNICEF by it's association with the UN is just another pro-Hamas organization and can't be trusted to tell the truth!!!

My post is mostly sarcasm, except for the feelings of some here, who regard most UN connected organizations as being pro-Hamas!!

[EX500rider]

5. And what's the age breakdown on the "children"

16, 17 and 18 year olds throwing Molotov cocktails?

[TeamProg]

6. I suggest Googliing "At what age does U N I C E F

consider to be children?"

and while you're at it, also Google "How many Israeli hostages has the I.D.F. shot and killed?"

[maxsolomon]

7. Are you suggesting the IDF is deliberately killing the Israeli hostages?

I don't get what the point of including that in your response.

[EX500rider]

9. Yes, as I figured, they count 16 & 17 year olds

and while you're at it, also Google "How many Israeli hostages has the I.D.F. shot and killed?"
The answer being of course a fraction of the hostages Hamas has killed.

[womanofthehills]

12. No - lots of West Bank videos of soldiers dragging off very young kids

Many are young boys around 6 to 12 for throwing rocks. Even dragging off some young girls.

One video was unbelievable- IDF had a 3 year old who was throwing stones and searched for his father - and took them both to jail. Here is another one with an older child - 5 yrs old.

[EX500rider]

14. "dragging off" & "killed" are not the same thing

Have a 6-12 year old throw large rocks at US Police cars and also watched them get "dragged" off

[questionseverything]

15. In the USA people can't steal land, build houses on it with the police protecting them

This “settler” shit is theft , right out in the open with “police “ protecting the thieves

[iemanja]

18. Your minimization of the loss of children's lives is noted

The notion that all CHILDREN are terrorists is repulsive and inconsistent with basic humanity--not to mention facts.

[EX500rider]

19. I agree with the definition of children as:

a young human being below the age of puberty

Who said "all children are terrrorists"?

A 17yo terrorist firing a Ak-47 or throwing Molotov cocktail at the IDF is just as deadly as a 20yo doing the same thing though.

You can join the US military at 17, do you believe the US uses child soldiers ?

[iemanja]

20. What evidence do you have of the age of the children or that they were engaged in violence?

This is in the West Bank, not Gaza. Your glib response dismisses the death of all of those minors. Human life matters--regardless of age or RELIGION. I'm sorry that you can't see that.

[EX500rider]

22. What evidence to you have that they were innocent toddlers just coming out of their kindergarten?

Where did I say human life didn't matter based on religion? Did you just make that up?

[chowder66]

8. War. What is it good for? Absolutely NOTHING.

[Magoo48]

10. Exactly.

The blood lust and slaughter strips away every pretense of civilized dress whose torn rags humanity clings to; it lays bare the savage, unjust depths of offal corrupt leaders will waller into to support societal structures which raise the favored over the impoverished minority, structures whose roots reach deep into religious mythology, dogma, preference, and hate.

[IronLionZion]

11. Killing children in West Bank and Jerusalem is somehow punishing Hamas

That'll teach them.

[womanofthehills]

13. Another video of young kids 9-13 being arrested by IDF in West Bank

Hundreds of horrible West Bank videos

Lots of young kids being detained/arrested and lots of videos of settlers being very abusive and IDF forcing people out of their homes - one video an old lady was forced out of her home crying & yelling by IDF while 2 young settlers with backpacks walk into her home.

[TeamProg]

16. Holy crap! So fucking honorable! ( sarcasm)

Cultivating more terrorism for the future.

[questionseverything]

17. It makes me upset my taxes enable this horrible behavior

[BuddhaGirl]

21. Exactly

Why in the hell didn't the US put conditions on its aid to Israel?? Why not tie it to eliminating settler expansion? Or more humanitarian treatment of Gaza?

Utterly shameful.

[Iggo]

23. See what you made me do?