Since the onset of Israels brutal war on the besieged Gaza Strip, the Israeli militarys use of live ammunition to kill and wound Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank has significantly increased compared to the previous 10 months, the United Nations warns.
In its Humanitarian Situation Update about the West Bank, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported on Wednesday that the number of Palestinian children killed by Israeli gunfire in the occupied territory since October 7 stood at 115.
This is while the number of children killed by Israeli live fire in the West Bank in the previous 10 months up to October stood at 39, it added.
Furthermore, the number of Palestinian children injured by Israeli live fire in the occupied territory has also doubled during the reporting period, with 1,411 children wounded by bullets since October 7, compared to 615 during the preceding 10 months.