Humanitarian Situation Update #204 | West Bank

Key Highlights

  • The number of Palestinian children killed by live ammunition fired by Israeli forces has almost tripled since 7 October compared with the preceding 10 months (115 compared to 39).

  • The number of Palestinian children injured by live ammunition fired by Israeli forces has more than doubled since 7 October compared with the preceding 10 months (1,411 compared to 615).

  • Israeli settlers assault two Palestinian children by handcuffing them, breaking their legs, and urinating on them in a settler outpost near Bethlehem.

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A Palestinian woman was displaced after Israeli forces demolished her house for lack of an Israeli-issued building permit, which is almost impossible to obtain, Jericho. Photo: OCHA