The New Observer Uncategorized Israel’s war crimes in Gaza – nothing new

Israel’s war crimes in Gaza – nothing new

 RAMALLAH, 17 September 2024 The number of children killed or injured by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank has more than doubled since last October, with 158 killed, at least 1 ,400 injured, and concerns of further casualties with a significant escalation of violence in the past six weeks, Save the Children said. …Child deaths in September according to the UN have included a widely reported incident on 5 September when Israeli forces shot and injured a 16-year-old boy in Tubas in the northern West Bank who was then refused medical treatment and shot again fatally before his body was dragged away by a bulldozer. 

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RAMALLAH, 18 Sept 2023 – At least 38 Palestinian children have been killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank so far in 2023, making it the deadliest year since records began, said Save the Children.

This horrific record was reached this month after the deaths of two 16-year-old boys on two separate occasions1. [2]

2022 becomes the deadliest year for Palestinian children in the West Bank in over 15 years  24 November – The number of children killed by Israeli security forces and settlers[1] in the occupied West Bank has doubled this year to 34[2], following the shooting of two teenage boys in consecutive days, Save the Children said today. [3]

Many of these children are shot simply for throwing small stones at armoured vehicles e.g. [4] or even just for watching stone throwing – [5]

There is no accountability. [6]

And yet. Our leaders (Sunak, Starmer, it doesn’t matter) say not a word. The only explanation is the “Israel lobby”. The lobby must be very powerful if they have this power to cause people who normally would be up in arms about the death of one unarmed child at the hands of a repressive regime to keep quiet about 158.

Notes

  1. https://www.savethechildren.net/news/five-palestinian-children-killed-or-injured-average-every-day-west-bank-october
  2. https://www.savethechildren.net/news/2023-marks-deadliest-year-record-children-occupied-west-bank
  3. https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/news/media-centre/press-releases/2022-becomes-the-deadliest-year-for-palestinian-children-in-west
  4. https://www.btselem.org/video/20230607_killing_of_mustafa_sabah_in_khirbet_tuqu#full
  5. https://www.btselem.org/firearms/20220707_killing_of_thaer_mislet_in_al_birah
  6. https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/08/28/west-bank-spike-israeli-killings-palestinian-children