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Report says Israel kills 'a Palestinian child every two days' in West Bank

A new report by Defence for Children International-Palestine (DCIP) details how Israeli forces and settlers have killed more than 140 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank since 7 October.

The researchers at DCIP documented the number of Palestinian children killed between 7 October 2023 and 31 July 2024, which totalled 141 children.

On average, this comes out to Israeli forces and settlers killing a child every two days during this period.

In many cases, the children were targeted by snipers, who are regularly deployed during military incursions into Palestinian communities across the West Bank.

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Israeli forces 'kill a Palestinian child every two days' in West Bank

An Israeli soldier takes position during an army operation in Tulkarm in the north of the occupied West Bank on 29 August 2024.