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Group: 68 Palestinian Children Killed over 12-Month Period

HeadlineOct 22, 2008

In the Occupied Territories, a leading Palestinian human rights group says it’s documented killings of sixty-eight Palestinian children by the Israeli military over a twelve-month period. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights says in each case Israeli soldiers used “disproportionate and excessive lethal force.” Around 900 Palestinian children have been killed since the start of the second Palestinian intifada eight years ago.

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