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Why does Israel kill so many children?

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November 20, 2023
The reality is that over 50% of the population of Gaza are children, and Hamas members are trying to surround themselves with people. See the videos how they walk around with a bunch of kids next to them. Also, a lot of the kids in Gaza are being taught from a young age to hate Israelis, and joining Hamas is the only way to make money, so they join from a very young age, through school. So let's say a rocket was launched at Israel, Israel attacks the launcher back? There's 10 children dead, including the operator of the rocket launcher. More on reddit.com

‘Not a normal war’: doctors say children have been targeted by Israeli snipers in Gaza | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian

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April 2, 2024

Israel targets children to demoralise Palestinians.

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Since 1967, Israel has systematically targeted Palestinians including children - HRC 28th session - NGO Submission, Annex (Palestine Independent Commission for Human Rights) - Question of Palestine
March 11, 2019 - This document was issued during ... working with children. Since Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territory in 1967, it has systematically targeted Palestinians including children....
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ReliefWeb
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The bloodiest face of its genocide: Israel has killed 2,100 Palestinian infants and toddlers in Gaza [EN/AR] - occupied Palestinian territory | ReliefWeb
It also represents a dangerous trend based on the dehumanisation of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Israel’s military targets Palestinians and their children daily, methodically, and widely in the most heinous and brutal ways possible, and virtually without pause for 10 consecutive months.

impact of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict on minors in Israel and the Palestinian territories

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Children and children's rights have long been a focal point of the ongoing Israeli–Palestinian conflict, dating as early as the 1929 Hebron massacre and the 1948 Deir Yassin massacre, both of which … Wikipedia
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Wikipedia
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Children in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
1 week ago - In April 2024, doctors said they were seeing "a steady stream of children, elderly people and others who were clearly not combatants with single bullet wounds to the head or chest." Dr. Mark Perlmutter, an American doctor working in Gaza, stated Israeli snipers were targeting children, stating, ...
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Dci-palestine
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Israeli genocide targets disabled Palestinian children's ...
June 5, 2024 - Our mission is to promote and protect the human rights of Palestinian children. We defend children’s rights three ways: offering free legal aid, documenting violations of international law, and advocating for greater protections.
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Truthout
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1 in 50 Children in Gaza Have Been Killed or Injured by Israel in Just 6 Months | Truthout
April 9, 2024 - On average, Israel has killed about ... lifelong injuries; an average of over 10 children are having one or both legs amputated every day in Gaza. Doctors in the region say that Israeli snipers have also been targeting children....
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CNN
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Iran’s shadow war with Israel is ensnaring Swedish teens, security services say
3 weeks ago - Police say the attempted attacks ... year targeting the Israeli embassy in Stockholm. Swedish Security Service (SÄPO) sources have told CNN they were carried out by gangs acting on behalf of Iran, making an existing crisis even more dangerous. Sweden has been battling a wave of gang violence that has increasingly involved children and ...
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ReliefWeb
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Year-in-review: Israeli forces carry out genocide against Palestinian children - occupied Palestinian territory | ReliefWeb
December 27, 2023 - Israeli forces have killed at least 7,870 Palestinian children in Gaza since the Israeli military unleashed a massive military offensive on the Gaza Strip on October 7, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.
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CBC
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Killings of Palestinian children are soaring in the West Bank. Advocates say it happens with impunity | CBC News
December 21, 2023 - The sentences handed down in those cases were "very lenient," Yesh Din reported, and involved only community service for short periods of time. Palestinian civilians, including children, are basically seen as "legitimate targets" of Israeli military operations, Breaking the Silence's Givati ...
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WAFA Agency
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Israel deliberately targets Palestinian women and children, says Minister
April 7, 2024 - RAMALLAH, Sunday, April 7, 2024 (WAFA) – Minister of Women's Affairs, Mona Al-Khalili, said that the Israeli occupation forces deliberately target women and children in Gaza and the West Bank.
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Trtworld
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Palestinian Children’s Day puts spotlight on Israel’s war on kids
April 5, 2024 - Israel is the only country in the world to systematically prosecute children in military courts, with the most common charge that the children throw stones at its soldiers. The Israeli military is infamous for targeting Palestinian kids even when they haven't done anything as in the 2020 incident ...
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Oxfam International
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More women and children killed in Gaza by Israeli military than any other recent conflict in a single year – Oxfam | Oxfam International
January 28, 2025 - Israel’s military assault began last October, following the attacks by Palestinian armed groups. Almost 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were killed, including at least 282 women and 36 children - the deadliest day in Israel’s history. These targeted attacks committed serious violations ...
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BBC
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Gaza: Israeli strike on school kills 27, health ministry says
3 weeks ago - He added that over the past two weeks Israeli forces had struck more than 600 "terrorist targets" across Gaza and "eliminated more than 250 terrorists". Before the strike in Tuffah, Gaza's health ministry had said that at least 1,163 people had been killed over the same period. A UN agency has said they include more than 300 children...
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Human Rights Watch
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West Bank: Spike in Israeli Killings of Palestinian Children | Human Rights Watch
No armed Palestinians or other Israeli forces were in the area at the time, said the classmate and reports by news media and rights groups, raising concerns that the Israeli forces may have deliberately targeted him even though he was unarmed and not engaging in violent activity.
Published: April 4, 2024
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Today at Elon
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In My Words: Killing children in the Israel-Hamas war is not justified | Today at Elon | Elon University
December 12, 2023 - While I understand responding to ... mass killing of innocent Palestinians is permissible insofar as it is not directly intended. Israel is not directly targeting children, ......
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Dci-palestine
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Targeting childhood: Palestinian children killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the occupied West Bank | Defense for Children Palestine
September 9, 2024 - Ramallah, September 9, 2024—20 ... by Israeli forces and settlers in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since 2000 have been killed after October 7, 2023 at a rate of one child every two days, Defense for Children International - Palestine said in a report released today. The report, “Targeting Childhood: ...
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NPR
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Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 32, mostly women and children : NPR
3 weeks ago - Israeli strikes on Gaza killed at least 32 people, including over a dozen women and children, local health officials said Sunday, as Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu headed to meet President Trump.
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Reuters
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Israeli strikes kill 10 at Gaza shelter, Israel says targeted militants | Reuters
2 days ago - An Israeli air strike on a school sheltering displaced families in Gaza killed 10 people on Wednesday, an attack that Israel said targeted militants operating from within the complex.
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France 24
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US surgeon claims Israel targets Gaza children: 'No child ...
October 29, 2024 - In an interview with FRANCE 24, US surgeon Mark Perlmutter claimed that Israeli snipers are deliberately targeting children in Gaza. Perlmutter said that while he was volunteering at the European hospital…