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UN says 70 children killed by Israeli forces in West Bank since start of 2025
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Young Palestinians prepare to throw stones at Israeli forces following a military raid in the West Bank city of Nablus, Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
The United Nations decries the toll on children from “escalating” Israel military operations in the West Bank, saying 70 Palestinian children have been killed since the start of 2025.
“Children are paying an intolerable price for escalating military operations and attacks across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem,” UN children’s agency spokesman James Elder tells reporters, noting that “between January 2025 and today, at least one Palestinian child has been killed on average every single week” there.
Israel carries out frequent anti-terror raids across the West Bank and also targets stone-thowers, many of them teens, who the military says pose a danger to Israeli motorists.
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