Jerusalem: At least 41 Palestinian children have been killed since the beginning of 2023 by the Israeli occupation forces and settlers, according to the documentation collected by Defense for Children International – Palestine (DCIP).
Under international law, intentional lethal force is justified only in situations where there is a direct threat to life or serious injury.
However, investigations and evidence collected by DCIP regularly indicate that Israeli forces use lethal force against Palestinian children in situations that may amount to extrajudicial or deliberate killings.
In 2022, 53 Palestinian children were killed by Israeli forces and settlers.
Israeli forces have killed 167 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since the beginning of 2023, according to United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) in the occupied Palestinian territory report on Saturday, August 12.
