A child was shot sitting on his mother’s lap. Another, hit by an aerial attack because he stepped inside his house. Two others, killed while playing outside with friends.
Israel At least eighteen children under 15 years of age have been killed Western coast This year, according to the United Nations. It killed 29 children killed in 2023 and 23 in 2024 – a bounce on October 7, 2023 with an Israeli war outbreak against Hamas in Gaza.
Some were killed during the Israeli military raid in the dense neighborhood, others with sniper fire in peaceful areas. The murders have increased as the Israeli army has increased operations in the West Bank occupied since the onset of the war, which it calls a rift on terrorists.
associated Press Talked with many families whose children were killed this year. With the history of Israel, rarely their soldiers are punished for fatal violence, some families suspect that there will be any accountability at any time.
The army told AP that the engagement rules “strictly prevent fire” on citizens, claiming that it targets the minors “false” and “baseless”. It said that it started investigation in some cases.
But it did not give any words that any soldier has been disciplined, and families say they have received very little information about how and why their children were killed.
Here are some of his stories, as he has told him to AP.
Laila, 2
Tayma, a water engineer and a cool single mother Genin Neberhood remembers the daughter Laila al-Khatib as uncertain and intelligent-always wants to show off.
On 25 January, while Laila was sitting on the lap as a family before a family meal, an Israeli sniper opened fire from the second floor window of the family’s house. The bullet hit Laila in the skull.
Blood dropped Laila’s head and Asous’ on the hijab.
Laila’s grandfather grabbed her lame’s body and ran down, called for help, as was in a gaze. Four military jeeps were parked out.
Asous contacted the soldiers. He remembers one looked at him and said, “I am sorry.”
Asous says Laila was still breathing when the ambulance arrived, but died on the way to the hospital.
The army said that it is still investigating Laila’s case and cannot give further details.
Saddam, 10
Saddam Rajab lived in a studio apartment in Tulakaram with his father, Iyad.
The two had a special relationship – Saddam Iyad’s first, the largest of the four. When Iyad was admitted to the hospital with toe injuries, Saddam continuously met him.
On the evening of 28 January, both were sitting on the roof with friends. Saddam asked for his father’s phone and took him down, stepping out.
The safety camera footage received by AP shows what happened next: the boy, standing on the pavement with the phone in the hand, sees something from the camera, turns and turns out. Saddam falls to the ground, “Mama!” And writes in pain. Struggling on Baisakhi, his father pulls Saddam from his sweater collar, leaving a boy’s sneakers behind – and a bloodshed.
10 years after 10 days of 10 years died.
The military said that the conclusions of the investigation in the case were presented to the military advocate General, who decides whether to file allegations or not. But it did not specify his findings.
Amer, 14
Amer Rabi, an American Palestinian teenager born in New Jersey, was killed on a West Bank Hilltop in his village Termus Ayya. He was picking up almonds with friends on 6 April, when Israeli soldiers shot him, his father, MuhammadThey say.
A security camera in Terms Ayya, where the population is mostly Palestinian American, captured the sound of 36 gunmen. Amer died, two of his friends were injured.
After Amer died, the soldiers took off their clothes, put their bodies in a blue bag and brought it to a military base. Mohammed later opened the bag and identified his body, pocked with bullets.
The army refused to say whether the investigation into Amer’s death was over. It said that its army had set fire to “three terrorists”, who said that it was throwing stones on a highway and threatening the citizens.
The granular video footage released by the military depicts three people, including a person. There is no video timestamp.
A spokesman for the US State Department said that further investigation was required to determine what happened.
Ayman, 12
29-year-old Anwar al-Hemouni says that his son Ayman’s last words were with his death, “Mama, he shot me.”
In programs caught by two security cameras, Ayman stepped outside his grandfather’s house in Hebron before shooting.
In the footage, three soldiers come into the street on the driveway of the house and see Ayman’s body.
They joined three other soldiers at the end of the road, withdrawing without helping him.
The family gathers around Ayman, and relatives take their bodies under the street behind the soldiers. He died on 21 February.
Al-Hemouni and her husband, who work in protection for the Palestinian Authority, have three other children: Ayem, 3; Tia Lara, 5; And Aer, 10.
Children all wear pendants emerged from Ayman’s face. Her mother keeps making her bed, as if she can return to any point.
The military police is investigating the case of Ayman, the army said, but it cannot give further details.
Rimas, 13
This was 21 February – The day of Israel’s military campaign at the Genin refugee camp was 32 – and Rimas Amauri wanted to play outside despite his mother’s opposition.
Within a few seconds of stepping out, the gunshots were looking and screaming, her mother, Rudina says. Rimas was shot in the back.
“I was screaming,” Please calm down, calm down. ” Then he started shooting at me, “Rudina said.
Ten soldiers surrounded the house, saying, every time she shot about 25 meters (yards), whenever she tried to run her daughter. After 30 minutes, it was too late.
“I got closer and lifted her. His face turned yellow,” Rudina said. “I knew he had gone.”
Rimas’s father, Omar, says that he was “needed a special permit from Israeli to enter the cemetery and bury him.
The military police is investigating the case of Rimas, the army said, but it could not provide more details.
Ahmed, 14
The Jazar family celebrated Ramadan this year with the disappearance of a person.
Ahmed, who wanted to become an interior designer, was shot on January 19 by Israeli forces in his hometown Sebstia.
None of his parents were present when he was shot. Neither knows why he was killed.
“I no longer allow my youth to run on the road alone,” said his mother, Vefa. “Whenever they go out, I wait at the door, I am waiting until they are home again.”
The military police is investigating the case of Ahmed, the army said, but it cannot give further details.
Mahmud, 14
A group of men were thrown out of Ghabih House on 14 January, eating sweets.
It was late and cold, the lonely survivor of that night remembers Ashraf Gharbih.
His son, Mahmood stood up and went inside to get a spoon. There was a flash of light. The first missile landed. The next second came later. Then a third.
Six people died. The elder Ghabih was left with a loss of hearing.
The army said the air strike killed several terrorists and it was “aware of the claims” that a union citizen was damaged. It did not say whether it was investigating Mahmud’s death.
In his son, Gharbih says, “I wanted to die with him.”
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Ramallah, Associated Press Journalist Ahmed Darghmeh at West Bank, and Ej Hazbaoun and Ibrahim Hazboun in Jerusalem contributed to the report.