Settler and Soldier Violence

Updated case summaries available. Lawyers and fieldworkers for DCI-Palestine collect sworn affidavits from Palestinian children detailing violations of their rights. These...
In April 2013, demonstrations and clashes continued throughout the West Bank between Palestinian youth and Israeli forces. In Gaza, at least two Palestinian teens were shot...
In March 2013, demonstrations in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike continued with violent clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians following...
In February 2013, Palestinians held protests across the Occupied Palestinian Territory in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike. Children found themselves caught in...
Ramallah, 28 March 2013—Israeli soldiers used excessive force while arresting a teenage boy in a predawn raid on his home Monday in the West Bank town of Beit Ur al-Tahta.
Ramallah, 25 March 2013–On Friday 22 March, the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (the Council) adopted a resolution, tabled by the State of Palestine, the Organisation of...
Ramallah, 21 March 2013—Israeli forces detained dozens of school-age Palestinian children in the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron on Wednesday just hours before US President...
Ramallah, 12 March 2013—An Israeli settler pelted two young Palestinian children with rocks on Monday after spotting them on the roof of their home in the southern West Bank city...
During January 2013: two children were killed in the West Bank by the use of live ammunition; Palestinian children continue to be exposed to settler and soldier violence; the...
On 1 January 2013, a 16-year-old boy from Qusra, Nablus, was struck in the leg by a rubber bullet fired by an Israeli soldier.