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17-year-old Palestinian child prisoner starved to death by Israeli prison guards
Ramallah, April 3, 2025—The autopsy report for a 17-year-old Palestinian child detainee who died in Israeli custody at the end of March indicates that he likely died from... -
Targeting childhood: Palestinian children killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the...
Ramallah, September 9, 2024—20 percent of the Palestinian children killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since 2000 have been killed...
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March 07, 2025
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“My son cried all night from hunger”: The Palestinian children starved to death by Israeli authorities
“My son cried all night from hunger”: The Palestinian children starved to death by Israeli authorities
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April 25, 2025 Fatalities and InjuriesIsraeli forces kill 16-year-old Palestinian boy working at a shop near Nablus
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April 24, 2025 Fatalities and InjuriesIsraeli forces shoot 12-year-old Palestinian boy in the head with rubber-coated metal bullet
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April 23, 2025 Fatalities and InjuriesIsraeli forces shoot dead 12-year-old Palestinian boy near Jenin
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April 18, 2025 Fatalities and InjuriesIsraeli forces fatally shoot, confiscate body of 16-year-old Palestinian boy
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April 17, 2025 Settler and Soldier ViolenceIsraeli forces kill Palestinian child with expanding bullet in Jalazone refugee camp raid
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April 11, 2025 Fatalities and InjuriesIsraeli settler deliberately hits 16-year-old Palestinian boy with car amid escalating settler violence
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April 10, 2025 Settler and Soldier ViolenceIsraeli forces shoot dead 14-year-old Palestinian-American boy near Ramallah
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April 03, 2025 Fatalities and InjuriesIsraeli forces shoot, kill 16-year-old Palestinian boy near Jenin
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April 03, 2025 Military Detention17-year-old Palestinian child prisoner starved to death by Israeli prison guards
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March 24, 2025 Military Detention17-year-old Palestinian child dies in Israeli prison in unclear circumstances
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March 20, 2025 Settler and Soldier ViolenceIsraeli forces strip and arbitrarily detain two Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank
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March 18, 2025 Fatalities and Injuries174 Palestinian children in Gaza killed by relentless Israeli attacks overnight
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March 17, 2025 Settler and Soldier ViolencePalestinian child from Gaza detained, tortured, and starved by Israeli forces
