‘Total oppression’: West Bank children being killed at unprecedented rate

Huge rise in attacks by Israeli settlers and soldiers killed 171 children in year after 7 OctoberMohammad was 12, a football-mad teenager who spent his days dreaming of a career on the pitch and his last minutes practising ball skills. Ghassan was 14, a quiet, generous teenager who ran errands for elderly relatives, with an adoring six-year-old brother who stuck to him like a shadow.Both boys were shot dead this summer by Israeli soldiers, victims of an unprecedented surge in attacks on children in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. Continue reading...

‘Total oppression’: West Bank children being killed at unprecedented rate

Huge rise in attacks by Israeli settlers and soldiers killed 171 children in year after 7 October

Mohammad was 12, a football-mad teenager who spent his days dreaming of a career on the pitch and his last minutes practising ball skills. Ghassan was 14, a quiet, generous teenager who ran errands for elderly relatives, with an adoring six-year-old brother who stuck to him like a shadow.

Both boys were shot dead this summer by Israeli soldiers, victims of an unprecedented surge in attacks on children in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. Continue reading...