Whether swimming at the beach or trying to get urgent medical care, children in the Gaza Strip were boxed out of their right to health care in 2017 with both Israeli and Palestinian authorities contributing to record lows.
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Year-in-review: Worst abuses against Palestinian children in 2017
Ramallah, January 18, 2018—Last year marked 50 years of Israeli military occupation, with no signs of abatement in Palestinian children’s vulnerability to injury and abusive military arrest in... -
Violations against Palestinian children spike amid protests over U.S. Jerusalem move
Ramallah, December 22, 2017—Israeli forces injured and detained Palestinian children in higher numbers over the last two weeks, as Israeli authorities used widespread force to quash sweeping protests...
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September 18, 2018 Military DetentionWithout enshrined protections, children under Israeli military arrest face rampant abuses
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September 17, 2018 Fatalities and InjuriesBoy shot in neck by Israeli forces succumbs to his wounds
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September 10, 2018 Fatalities and InjuriesTwo more Palestinian boys killed by Israeli forces in Gaza Strip
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August 15, 2018 Fatalities and InjuriesIsraeli airstrike likely source of explosion that killed toddler
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August 06, 2018 Fatalities and InjuriesIsraeli forces are killing Palestinian children at record rates
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August 02, 2018 Fatalities and InjuriesTwo children died from Palestinian armed group activities
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July 31, 2018 Fatalities and InjuriesPalestinian teen killed during attack in Israeli settlement
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July 23, 2018 Fatalities and InjuriesIsraeli forces kill 14-year-old in Bethlehem-area refugee camp
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July 19, 2018 Fatalities and InjuriesThe first half of 2018 was lethal for Palestinian children
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June 29, 2018 Military DetentionDCIP and AFSC host Capitol Hill briefing on H.R. 4391
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Each year the israeli military arrests and prosecutes around 700 palestinian children.
Three out of four experience physical violence during arrest or interrogation.
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