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Updated 2024-08-29
2024-07-24 UN Convoy in Gaza Shot While Reuniting 5 Palestinian Children With Their Father A UN convoy in Gaza that was carrying a group of five Palestinian children, including a baby, to reunite them with their father was shot at at an Israeli military checkpoint on Tuesday, UNICEF reported. No one was hurt, UNICEF said. One of the two cars in the convoy was hit with three bullets at a designated waiting point near the Wadi Gaza checkpoint, and the convoy was able to continue its journey to deliver the children.
These shots came despite the UN’s meticulous efforts to deconflict their convoys, meaning that they communicate with Israeli forces, sharing information like coordinates and route to ensure safe passage. https://truthout.org/articles/un-convoy-in-gaza-shot-while-reuniting-5-palestinian-children-with-their-father/
2024-07-22 UNICEF Reports Israel Is Killing Kids at Shocking Rates Amid West Bank Assault Three days after the International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion stating that Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza is unlawful, the United Nations children’s rights agency said that after decades of being “exposed to horrific violence,” the number of children who have been killed in the West Bank since last October has skyrocketed.
Since Israel began its bombardment of the Palestinian territories nearly 10 months ago — with Gaza the primary target of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) attacks, but with West Bank communities also subjected to raids and other violence — 143 Palestinian children have been killed in the West Bank, according to the U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
The number represents a 250% increase compared to the nine months preceding the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel, after which the IDF began retaliating in the occupied territories. https://truthout.org/articles/unicef-reports-israel-is-killing-kids-at-shocking-rates-amid-west-bank-assault/
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