UN slams 'unconscionable' killing of Palestinian children

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GENEVA: The UN rights chief voiced alarm on Thursday (Aug 11) at the number of Palestinian children killed and wounded this month and demanded those responsible be brought to account. Last week saw

GENEVA: The UN rights chief voiced alarm on Thursday at the number of Palestinian children killed and wounded this month and demanded those responsible be brought to account.between Israel and Islamic Jihad militants in the densely populated Palestinian enclave of Gaza.

Her office said 19 Palestinian children had been killed in the Palestinian territories in the recent unrest, taking the total number this year to 37. Seventeen children were killed during the Gaza hostilities from Aug 5 to 7, while two more were killed on Tuesday in Israeli law enforcement operations in the West Bank.

Of the 360 Palestinians reported injured, nearly two-thirds were civilians, including 151 children, OHCHR said.

 

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