![]() ![]() In the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, eight boys were killed by Israeli forces, five of whom were shot during demonstrations and clashes. Three children were killed by Israeli forces air strikes in Gaza. Of these 59 children, 33 boys and 1 girl were killed by Israeli forces during demonstrations at the Gaza fence, 88 per cent of whom (30) were shot by live ammunition to the upper body, while reportedly posing no imminent threat of death or serious injury to Israeli forces, and another 2 boys died after being struck in the head by tear gas canisters. ![]() In addition, one child was killed by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s al-Quds Brigades, and one boy was killed by an improvised explosive device accidentally detonated at his home by his father, an Al-Aqsa Brigade member. A total of 59 Palestinian children (57 boys, 2 girls), some as young as 18 months old, were killed in the West Bank, including in East Jerusalem (8) and Gaza (51), with most of the casualties attributed to Israeli forces (56) and one to an Israeli settler. ![]() The United Nations documented four cases of the administrative detention of Palestinian children in 2018. The United Nations received affidavits from 127 Palestinian boys who, during interviews with the United Nations, reported ill-treatment and breaches of due process during their arrest, transfer and detention. As of December, 203 Palestinian children were held over security offences by the Israeli forces, including 114 in pretrial detention and/or being detained during trial, and 87 serving a sentence.The United Nations received testimony from three children, between the ages of 15 and 16, that Israeli forces attempted to recruit them as informants. The United Nations verified the recruitment and use of three 17-year-old boys in Gaza (two) and the West Bank (one) by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s al-Quds Brigades, Hamas’ al-Qassam Brigades and an unidentified Palestinian armed group (one each).Six Israeli children were verified as having been injured. In 2018, the United Nations verified the highest number of Palestinian children killed (59) and injured (2,756) since 2014. Palestinian and Israeli children continued to be severely affected by the continuing Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. ![]()
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