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Israeli forces have killed 245 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank since Oct. 7, 2023, including 41 in incidents involving reported stone-throwing, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said Friday, according to Anadolu Agency.
“The killing of a child is deplorable. The killing of a child for simply carrying or throwing stones is abhorrent,” Turk said.
He said international law required any use of force to be “necessary and proportional to the threat posed” and stressed that violations must be subject to accountability.
“There must be accountability for violations,” he said.
Israeli military raids and attacks by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank have intensified since October 2023, with Palestinians, including children, killed and injured in separate incidents.
On Nov. 8, Israeli forces shot and wounded a Palestinian child during a raid in Qalqilya, in the northern West Bank.
In May, UNICEF said at least 70 Palestinian children had been killed in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since the beginning of 2025. It said Israeli forces had killed 93% of them.
