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Volker Türk: Israeli forces killed 245 children in West Bank since October 2023
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said Israeli soldiers had killed 245 children in the occupied West Bank since October 7, 2023, including 41 children allegedly killed for throwing stones, and called for accountability.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk announced that Israeli soldiers had killed 245 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank since October 7, 2023.
In a statement, Türk said: “Killing a child simply because he was carrying or throwing a stone is abhorrent. Since October 7, 2023, 245 children have been killed in the West Bank by Israeli soldiers, 41 of them allegedly for involvement in stone-throwing incidents.”
Citing international law, the UN official stressed that any use of force must be necessary and proportionate to the existing threat, and that violations must be subject to accountability.
A child from Burqa village
Türk made the statement days after 14-year-old Mu'taz Iyad Daghlas was killed by Israeli forces in Burqa village, northwest of Nablus, Palestinian sources said. At least one other Palestinian was injured.
The Israeli army said its soldiers had opened fire to prevent people from throwing stones at vehicles on a road used by Israelis. Türk said the incident was part of a series of similar incidents that had killed 41 children since October 2023.
Cover photo and image: Anadolu. Image: Wikimedia Commons
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