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UNICEF: Palestinian Child Toll Nearly Double 2005

HeadlineOct 13, 2006

In the Occupied Territories, the United Nations Children’s Fund — UNICEF — says the number of Palestinian children killed this year is nearly double the number for all of 2005. Thirtreen-year-old Suhaib Kadiah became the 92nd Palestinian child this year Thursday when she was shot during an Israeli attack on Gaza. Overall, Israel has killed more than eight hundred Palestinian children since the beginning of the second intifada six years ago.

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