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American Educational Trust Americans for Middle East Understanding Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions The Parents Circle Bereaved Families Forum
In memory of
I really cant believe that something like this can happen in the world without a bigger outcry about it.... This has to stop. I think it is a good idea for us all to drop everything and devote our lives to making this stop.
Rachel Corrie, an International Solidarity Movement volunteer, in a February 7, 2003 e-mail message from Rafah to her parents, Craig and Cindy Corrie.
DEFINITION OF TERMS
IDF: Israel Defense Forces, the overarching name for Israels state military branches, including the army, navy and air force. SETTLEMENT: A colony for Jews only built in Palestinian lands occupied by Israel since 1967, and declared illegal by United Nations resolutions. SETTLER: A resident of an Israeli settlement. REFUGEE CAMP: A United Nations-administered camp for registered Palestinian refugees from the 1947-8 and 1967 wars. INCURSION: An Israeli military operation into Palestinian-administered areas designated as Area A under the 1993 Oslo accords. CHILDRENS NAMES: Sources generally report an Israeli childs given and family name, while Palestinian children frequently are reported with four names due to the signicance of these names in Arab culture. Because Palestinian names indicate a childs paternal lineage, four names are reported here, whenever possible, for each Palestinian child: the rst is the childs given name, the second the fathers name, and the third the paternal grandfathers name. The fourth, when reported, is usually the family name, but in some cases may be the name of the childs paternal greatgrandfather. These four names not only locate the child historically, and many times physically, but also indicate that the reporting source is a more reliable one. PLACE NAMES: Unless otherwise specied, cities, towns and settlements are located in the West Bank. Gaza refers to the Gaza Strip.
INTRODUCTION
IN ANY CONFLICT, the death of innocent noncombatants is deplorable, and lamented by all. It is the death of children, however, that troubles us the most, for children are seen to be innocent in a way adults are not. From September 29, 2000, when the current Palestinian intifada erupted, through March 27, 2007, at least 927 Palestinian and 118 Israeli youths under the age of 18 were killed in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. Thousands more have been injured, many permanently. Remember These Children lists each of these 1,045 deaths. Arranged chronologically by date of death, each entry includes the childs name, hometown, how the child was killed and, where available, the nature of the fatal injury. The documentation, though painful, conveys the personal reality of these terrible statistics. The waste of human life of hope and future promise is almost too great to contemplate. Too many of these children died in the course of what should have been normal childhood pleasuresplaying soccer, eating pizza, shopping for candy, or going to or from school. Others were at home, looking out their window, eating dinner or playing in their front yard. Even infants and the unborn have not been spared. In two days in February 2002, three pregnant women were shot: two Palestinian women trying to pass the same Israeli checkpoint to reach the hospital in Nablus, and an Israeli woman in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc. According to a September 2005 report by the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), UNRWA and the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 68 pregnant Palestinian women had to give birth at Israeli checkpoints since the beginning of the current intifada, leading to 34 miscarriages and the deaths of four women. Few of the children on these pages presented a danger to their killers, whether the latter were Israeli soldiers or Palestinian milAFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED SABER
POTTED FLOWERS and a portrait adorn the desk of Shaima Said Hamad at her school in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Israeli soldiers in the Rafah refugee camp near the Egyptian border shot the 11-year-old girl in the head and she died of her wounds March 17, 2002. itants. We extend our deepest sympathy to the families of every child who has been killed. While it is not possible to reclaim these lives lost to their families and to the world, it is all the more imperative to ensure that no more Palestinian and Israeli children meet a similar fate. Nor is it sufcient simply to keep these imperiled children alive. Many are suffering psychological trauma, and, according to Shak Masalha, a clinical psychologist at Tel Aviv University, some 15 percent of Palestinian children say they want to become martyrs. I believe that the motives are the terrible lives that the children live daily, Masalha said. This should be a warning not only to Israeli but also to Palestinian society [about] what they are doing to the next generation. We ask you to add your voice to the call for an end to the killing of children, for a just peace in the region, for a fair resolution to the Palestinian-Israeli conict. You might wish to call for an end to Israels illegal occupation since 1967 of land acquired by force. Or you might invoke international law, U.N. resolutions or the Geneva Conventions. At the very least you might wish to support the deployment of international observers in the region. We are condent that, in your own way, you will want to help save these children whom the world appears to have forsaken. American Educational Trust Americans for Middle East Understanding The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, Jerusalem The Parents Circle Bereaved Families Forum
SOURCES
Every effort has been made to obtain accurate, veriable data for this publication by comparing reports from a number of major news agencies, national and local media, human rights organizations and ofcial sources, including: Addameer: Prisoners Rights and Support Group BTselem: the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jerusalem Media and Communications Center LAW: the Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment Palestinian Center for Human Rights Palestinian State Information Service
Updated March 27, 2007
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refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunre to his abdomen and chest as his
father tried to protect him during a demonstration at Netzarim Junction.
October 2000
October 2000
of al-Bireh, killed by IDF gunre to his head during a demonstration at Ayosh Junction. SARA ABDUL-AZIM ABDUL-HAQ HASAN, 18 MONTHS, of Sarah, near Salt, killed by Israeli settler gunre to her head while riding with her father in a car. SAMER SAMIR SUDKI TABANJA, 12, of Nablus, killed by IDF helicopter gunre to his head while watching a demonstration. SAMI FATHI MUHAMMAD AL-TARAMSI, 17, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunre to his head during a demonstration at Netzarim Junction. HUSSAM NAIM HASAN BAKHIT, 17, of Balata refugee camp, killed by IDF helicopter re to his head while watching a demonstration. IYAD AHMAD AL-KHASHISHI, 16, of Nablus, died of chest wounds sustained Sept. 30 from IDF gunre while at a demonstration on the Nablus-Ramallah road. camp, killed by IDF gunre to his chest.
2 WAEL TAYSEER MUHAMMAD QATAWI, 14, of Balata refugee 3 HUSSAM MAHMOUD ISMAEL AL-HAMSHARI, 15, of Tulkarm,
died of head wounds sustained Oct. 1 from IDF gunre during a demonstration. AMR KAHLIL MUSTAFA AL-RIFAI, 17, of Maghazi refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunre to his head and chest during a demonstration at Netzarim Junction.
October 2000
October 2000
2 1 OMAR ISMAEL OMAR AL-BUHISI, 16, of Deir al-Balah, Gaza, killed by IDF
gunre to his chest during a demonstration near the Kfar Darom settlement.
Gaza, killed by an IDF rubber-coated bullet to his head during a demonstration near the Erez industrial zone.
IYAD USAMA TAHER SHATH, 13, of Khan Younis, killed by an IDF rubbercoated bullet to his head during a demonstration. ALA MUHAMMAD ABDUL-RAHMAN MAHFUZ AL-JAWABRA, 14, of Aroob refugee camp, died of head wounds sustained Oct. 6 from IDF gunre while on the terrace of his home one hour after injuring an Israeli soldier with a stone.
Death comes every day to Gazabut it is not the death of the old and frail that makes the Palestinian refugee cemeteries such pitiful places. It is the death of young children.
Jamal al-Durrah, father of Muhammad, rst Palestinian child killed September 30, 2000, in the current intifada, to The Mirror, January 11, 2001.
SCHOOLCHILDREN MAKE their way home through the debris of destroyed graves at the Sheikh Radwan cemetery in Gaza City December 10, 2001. Dozens of graves were destroyed when Israeli ghter jets bombed the Palestinian Authority preventive security building (in background) December 4, killing one police ofcer and wounding several schoolchildren.
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the Karni checkpoint.
Bethlehem, killed by IDF gunre to his head and chest during a demonstration.
3 RAMI AHMAD ABDUL-FATTAH MUTAWE, 15, of Hazma, near 4 HIND NIDAL JAMIL QAUIDER, 23 DAYS, of Hebron, killed by
IDF gas.
Gaza, killed by IDF gunre to his chest during a demonstration near the
City, killed by IDF gunre to his head during a demonstration near the Karni checkpoint. SABER KHAMIS AL-BARASH, 15, of Amari refugee camp, killed by IDF gunre to his chest during a demonstration near the Ayosh Junction.
November 2000
November 2000
1 5 AHMAD SAMIR BASAL, 15, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunre to his
chest during a demonstration near the Karni checkpoint. IBRAHIM ABDUL-RAUF AL-JUEDY, 17, of Qalqilya, killed by IDF gunre to his chest and abdomen during a demonstration. MUHAMMAD NASR MUHAMMAD AL-SHURAFI, 17, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunre to his head during a demonstration near the Karni checkpoint. JIHAD SUHEIL SULEIMAN ABU-SHAHMEH, 13, of Khan Younis, killed by IDF gunre to his head during a demonstration near the Tufah checkpoint.
24 MAJDI ALI ABED, 15, of Gaza City, died of head wounds sustained Nov.
17 from IDF gunre during a demonstration near the Karni checkpoint.
2 5 ABDUL-MINEM MUHAMMAD IZALDEEN AL-BOSTA, 17, of 26 MAHDI QASEM JABER, 17, of Qalqilya, killed by IDF gunre during
a demonstration.
Araba, near Jenin, killed by IDF gunre to his head during a demonstration.
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You dont shoot a child who is 12 or youngerTwelve and up is allowed. Hes not a child anymore, hes already after his bar mitzvah. Something like that.
Israeli sharpshooter, to Amira Hass, Haaretz, November 20, 2000.
A PALESTINIAN BOY ashes the peace sign in front of Israeli soldiers during a demonstration outside a house seized by the Israeli army in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah, July 27, 2001. Israeli tanks shelled Palestinian security posts near Ramallah earlier in the day, shortly after an Israeli boy, 17-year-old Ronen Landau, was killed near the West Bank settlement of Givat Zeev, north of Jerusalem.
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November 2000
December 2000
December 2000
5 RAMZI ADEL MUHAMMAD BAYATNAH, 15, of Abu Qash, near 7 ZUHAIR MUSTAFA ALI AL-HATTAB, 17, of Gaza City, died of
head wounds sustained Nov. 20 from IDF gunre during a demonstration near the Karni checkpoint.
Ramallah, killed by IDF gunre to his head during a demonstration near the Ayosh Junction.
al-Tahta, near Ramallah, killed by IDF gunre to his head during a demonstration following Friday prayers at Jerusalems al-Aqsa mosque. MUTAZ AZMI ISMAEL TEILAKH, 16, of Dheisheh refugee camp, killed by IDF gunre to his head during a demonstration.
died of head wounds sustained Dec. 5 from IDF gunre near the Rafah border crossing.
9 SALIM MUHAMMAD SALIM AL-HAMEIDA, 13, of Rafah, Gaza, 1 1 AHMAD ALI DARWISH AL-QAWASMA, 14, of Hebron, died of
head wounds sustained Dec. 8 from IDF gunre at close range during clashes.
January 2001
January 2001
January 2001
January 2001
Karni checkpoint.
February 2001
February 2001
3 ISA IBRAHIM AL-AMUR, 14, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunre near
his school next to the Kfar Darom settlement.
9 AHMAD ABDUL-RIZIQ ABED-RABO ABU-HULI, 15, of Deir 1 3 BILAL TAWFIQ AWAD RAMADAN, 14, of Bureij refugee camp,
Gaza, killed by IDF gunre to his chest during a demonstration near Netzarim Junction.
killed by IDF gunre to his abdomen while throwing stones.
al-Balah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunre to his abdomen from close range near the Kfar Darom settlement.
March 2001
March 2001
All we have are our children. Our children are our land and our lives, and wed do anything to protect themOur people have struggled and we are tired. We just want to live and we want our children to live. But our children keep dying.
Mother of Muhammad al-Abasi, 16, killed October 1, 2000, to Wendy Pearlman, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, May 2002.
PALESTINIAN CHILDREN gather around the body of 8-year-old Ali Ghreiz during his funeral in the southern Gaza Strip refugee camp of Rafah January 27, 2003. Ghreiz was killed the previous night in IDF shelling of the camp.
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March 2001
2 6 SHALHEVET TEHIYA PASS, 10 MONTHS, of Avraham Avinu 2 8 NAFTALI LANZKORN, 13, of Petah Tikva,
killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the Mifgash Hashalom gas station next to the Sdei Hemed moshav near Kfar Saba.
March 2001
2 3 ISRA AHMAD, 11, of Nablus, died at an IDF checkpoint when she was
prevented from reaching a hospital.
April 2001
April 2001
Nezam, near Ramallah, died of head wounds sustained March 14 from IDF gunre during clashes.
5 AHMAD MAHMOUD MUSA AL-ASAR, 16, of Nuseirat refugee 1 1 MAHMOUD KAHLIL MUHAMMAD BARAKAT, 15, of Shati
gunre during a demonstration at the Karni checkpoint. killed by IDF gunre to his neck while in a eld during an incursion.
camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunre to his chest during a demonstration at Netzarim Junction. refugee camp, Gaza, died of head wounds sustained April 6 from IDF
1 2 SHAWQAT SADI HASAN AL-ALAMI, 14, of Beit Omar, near Hebron, 1 7 BARA JALAL MAHMOUD AL-SHAER, 10, of Rafah refugee camp,
Gaza, killed by IDF gunre to his head while near his home.
May 2001
9 YOSEF ISHRAN, 14, of Tekoa settlement, killed by Palestinian stoning
and left in a cave near the settlement. YACOV MANDELL, 14, of Tekoa settlement, killed by Palestinian stoning and left in a cave near the settlement.
May 2001
8 HASHEM AL-MAMLOUK, 16, of Gaza City, died of head wounds sus1 1 HUSSAM FAWAZ SHABAN TAFESH, 16, of Gaza City, killed by
IDF gunre to his chest during a demonstration at the Karni checkpoint.
24 ALA ADEL YOUSEF AL-BUJI, 15, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunre to his chest near the Rafah Yam settlement.
June 2001
June 2001
1 6 SULEIMAN SAMI AL-MASRI, 12, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF 1 7 ALI MURAD ABDUL-RAHMAN ABU-SHAWISH, 11, of Khan
Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF gunre to his back during a demonstration near the Ganei Tal settlement.
died of injuries sustained June 17 from IDF gunre to his abdomen during a demonstration near the Ganei Tal settlement.
1 8 ADEL HUSSEIN ADEL AL-MUQANAN, 16, of Khan Younis, Gaza, 26MAHMOUD MUSTAFA IMTEIR, 17, of Kalandya refugee camp,
died of head wounds sustained Dec. 22 from IDF gunre during a demonstration at the Kalandya checkpoint.
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1 9 YEVGENIA DORFMAN, 15, of Bat Yam, near Tel Aviv, died of wounds
sustained June 1 from a Palestinian suicide bombing at the entrance to the Dolphinarium disco.
For me, to end the war means to understand that all bloods are equalthat sophisticated rockets and homemade bombs kill just the same, and that it takes so little to kill a child and so much to keep her alive.
Dr. Nurit Peled-Elhanan, mother of Smadar Elhanan, 13, killed September 1997 in a suicide bombing in Jerusalem.
AN ISRAELI policewoman carries a baby to safety at the scene of a suicide bomb attack in Jerusalem August 9, 2001. At least 17 people were killed and more than 80 injured when the blast ripped through a crowded Jerusalem street.
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4 MURAD JAMIL AL-MASRI, 14, of Khan Younis, Gaza, died of head 7 KHALIL IBRAHIM MUHAMMAD AL-MOGHRABI, 11, of Rafah,
the border with Egypt.
Gaza, killed by IDF tank re to his head while playing with a friend near
1 9 DIYA MARWAN HILMI AL-TMEIZI, 3 MONTHS, of Ithna, near 2 6 RONEN LANDAU, 17, of Givat Zev settlement, killed by Palestinian
gunfire while driving a car through al-Jib, near East Jerusalem. to his head and chest while watching a demonstration.
Hebron, killed, with her older brother, by Israeli settler gunre to her head and back.
2 3 RIFAT SABER AL-NAHAL, 15, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunre 3 1 ASHRAF KHALIL ABDUL-MINEM, 8, of al-Judeidah, near Jenin,
killed, with his brother, in an IDF helicopter missile strike during a targeted assassination. BILAL KHALIL ABDUL-MINEM, 10, of al-Judeidah, near Jenin, killed, with his brother, in an IDF helicopter missile strike during a targeted assassination.
August 2001
August 2001
1 1 AZHAR SAID SHALAFA, 2, of Rafah, Gaza, died at an IDF checkpoint when her mother was prevented from taking her to the hospital.
1 2 SABREEN ABDUL-KARIM AL-JRAWI ABU-SNEINEH, 10, of 1 9 MUHAMMAD SUBHI ABU-ARRAR, 14, of Rafah refugee camp,
Gaza, killed by IDF sniper re to his chest while playing in front of
Hebron, killed by IDF shelling to her head while on the roof of her house.
his home. INAS SAMIR ABU-ZEID, 5, of Rafah, Gaza, killed, with her brother, by IDF shelling. SULEIMAN SAMIR ABU-ZEID, 7, of Rafah, Gaza, killed, with his sister, by IDF shelling.
September 2001
September 2001
Israeli settlers during a gas attack.
7 KHALED ARAFAT AL-BATASH, 2, of Hebron, killed by the IDF and 8 MUHAMMAD SAMIR SHEHADA ABU-LIBDEH, 15, of Rafah 1 2 BALQIS AHMAD TAWFIQ AL-ARDA, 14, of Araba, near Jenin,
killed by IDF shelling while in her home during a targeted assassination.
refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunre to his abdomen near his home.
September 2001
September 2001
I dont know if many of the children here have ever existed without tank-shell holes in their walls and the towers of an occupying army surveying them constantly from the near horizons. I think, although Im not entirely sure, that even the smallest of these children understand that life is not like this everywhere.
Excerpts from a February 7, 2003 e-mail from Rachel Corrie to her family.
PALESTINIAN GIRLS walk home from school in front of an Israeli tank stationed on a street in the West Bank town of Nablus November 9, 2002. The Israeli military reoccupied most of the towns in the autonomous Palestinian West Bank that June, in an effort to curb Palestinian militant attacks.
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October 2001
Bethlehem, killed by IDF gunre to his head during an incursion. JOHNNY YOUSEF GEORGE THALJIA, 16, of Bethlehem, killed by
IDF gunre to his head in front of the Church of the Nativity during an incursion.
2 3 NASR HANI QARAN, 14, of Qalqilya, died of chest and abdominal 24 ABED-RABO INFANT, NEWBORN, of Bethlehem, died at an IDF
checkpoint after its mother was denied access to medical care.
November 2001
November 2001
refugee camp, Gaza, killed, with his brother and three cousins, by an IDF
Younis refugee camp, Gaza, killed, with his brother and three cousins, by an IDF missile while on their way to school. ANIS IDRIS MUHAMMAD AL-ASTAL, 11, of Khan Younis refugee camp, Gaza, killed, with his brother and three cousins, by an IDF missile while on their way to school. OMAR IDRIS MUHAMMAD AL-ASTAL, 13, of Khan Younis refugee camp, Gaza, killed, with his brother and three cousins, by an IDF missile while on their way to school. MUHAMMAD SULTAN AL-ASTAL, 11, of Khan Younis refugee camp, Gaza, killed, with his four cousins, by an IDF missile while on their way to school.
2 3 WAEL ALI RADWAN, 15, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF gunre
to his head while throwing stones.
December 2001
December 2001
shelling to his head.
2 JIHAD HAMDI AL-MASRI, 17, of Beit Lahya, Gaza, killed by IDF gunre 4 MUHAMMAD MAHMOUD ABU-MARSA, 15, of Shati refugee
checkpoint after being denied access to medical care.
camp, Gaza, killed in IDF airstrike while on the way home from school. NASR KHALED QIZMAR, 8 MONTHS, of Qalqilya, died at an IDF
Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF helicopter re to his chest while playing with a
MUHAMMAD AHMAD MAHMOUD LABAD, 17, of Gaza City, HASAN BANAT, 15, of Gaza City, killed
January 2002
January 2002
25 SAMER SAMI ALI AL-KUSBA, 15, of Kalandya refugee camp, died 27 SAFWAT ABDUL-RAHMAN KHALIL, 17, of Nablus, killed by an
IDF bomb.
February 2002
Palestinian gunfire while in her home.
February 2002
his chest.
1 6 NEHEMIA AMAR, 15, of Karnei Shomron settlement, killed by a 2 7 RACHEL THALER, 16, of Ginot Shomron settlement, died of wounds
sustained Feb. 16 from a Palestinian suicide bombing while eating pizza in the Karnei Shomron settlement mall.
6 FADI TAYSEER AL-AZAZI, 16, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling to 8 SAMER ZIAD SULEIMAN ABU-MAYALA, 14, of al-Thari, near
Jerusalem, killed by Israeli police gunre to his back after allegedly
stabbing an Israeli to death.
March 2002
March 2002
4 AHMAD FAKHRI HASAN HASHASH, 15, of Nablus, died of abdominal wounds sustained March 2 from IDF gunre during an incursion. AZIZA HUSSEIN ABU-KWEIK, 17, of Amari refugee camp, killed, with her sister and brother, by IDF helicopter re during a targeted assassination. BARA HUSSEIN ABU-KWEIK, 14, of Amari refugee camp, killed, with her sister and brother, by IDF helicopter re during a targeted assassination. MUHAMMAD HUSSEIN ABU-KWEIK, 8, of Amari refugee camp, killed, with his two sisters, by IDF helicopter re during a targeted assassination. AYMAN HASAN ABDUL-RAHMAN GHANIM, 17, of Qalqilya, killed by IDF gunre. SHAIMA IZALDEEN IBRAHIM AL-MASRI, 7, of Ramallah, killed by IDF helicopter re during a targeted assassination. ARAFAT IBRAHIM AL-MASRI, 16, of Ramallah, killed by IDF helicopter re during a targeted assassination.
7 YOUSEF MUHAMMAD YOUSEF ABU-SHEHADA, 17, of Nur alShams refugee camp, killed by IDF shelling to his head and chest during an incursion. MUHANAD AMJAD ABDULLAH ABU-HILAL, 17, of Tulkarm, killed by IDF shelling to his chest during an incursion.
refugee camp, died of chest wounds sustained March 7 from IDF gunre during an incursion.
March 2002
March 2002
refugee camp, Gaza, killed, with her mother, brother, sister and cousin, by
refugee camp, Gaza, killed, with her mother, brother, sister and cousin, by
refugee camp, Gaza, killed, with his mother, 2 sisters and cousin, by an IDF
land mine while riding on an animal drawn cart. TARIQ MUHAMMAD SALMAN AL-AWAWDAH, 10, of Bureij refugee camp, Gaza, killed, with his aunt and three cousins, by an IDF land mine while riding on an animal drawn cart.
2 2 RIHAM HUSSAM MUSTAFA ABU-TAHA, 4, of Rafah refugee 2 5 MAHMOUD MUHAMMAD MUSA ABU-YASIN, 13, of Jabalya
refugee camp, Gaza, died of abdominal wounds sustained March 12
during a funeral.
camp, Gaza, died of head wounds sustained March 21 from IDF shelling.
There are traumatized children on both sides and it is invidious to try to quantify the suffering.
Reverend Lucy Winkett, Minor Canon at St. Pauls Cathedral in London, to The Guardian, February 14, 2002.
A CHILD IS evacuated from a hotel restaurant March 27, 2002 following a suicide bombing in the northern Israeli town of Netanya that killed at least 16 Israelis and injured more than 100 others. The Ezzedine alQassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas, claimed responsibility for the bombing at the restaurant that was packed with people celebrating the rst night of the Jewish Passover holiday.
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camp, killed by the IDF.
5 DIMA QASEM SAWAFTA, 13, of Tubas, killed by IDF gunre. 6 SALWA KHALED DAHALIZ, 10, of Rafah refugee camp, Gaza, killed
by IDF gunre to her head near the Rafah Yam settlement.
8 KHALED AHMAD JAROUR, 17, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunre. 9 RABIH YOUSEF ABU-ZAYD, 13, of Nablus, killed by IDF gunre to
his head.
April 2002
April 2002
near Hebron, killed by IDF gunre to his head while throwing stones in
PALESTINIAN GIRLS SIT on a grave as they watch the funeral of Saed Kahail, 23, one of 12 Palestinians killed in an overnight Israeli raid on Gaza City January 26, 2003. Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said the attack was an attempt to halt the ring of homemade Qassam rockets, seven of which were launched at Israel the previous day but caused no casualties.
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May 2002
3 NIDAL KHALED MUHAMMAD ISMAEL, 14, of Artas, near Bethle5 ABEER MUHAMMAD YOUSEF ZAKARNA, 3, of Qabatiya, near
Jenin, killed, with her brother and mother, by IDF shelling to her limbs. BASEL MUHAMMAD YOUSEF ZAKARNA, 4, of Qabatiya, near Jenin, killed, with his sister and mother, by IDF shelling to his back. TAMER KHALED MAHMOUD ABU-SIRIYYE, 10, of Tulkarm,
killed by IDF tank re to his chest while throwing stones.
Nablus, killed by IDF gunre to his head on the way home near Wadi Burkin. JAMAL SAMI SALEM AL-SHAER, 17, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF
1 6 MUHSEN ATEYA JABER AL-ATRASH, 17, of Deir al-Balah, Gaza, 2 2 ELMAR DEZHABRIELOV, 16, of Rishon Lezion, near Tel Aviv, killed by
a Palestinian suicide bomber at the Rothschild St. pedestrian mall. killed by IDF gunre near the Kfar Darom settlement.
June 2002
5 ADI DAHAN, 17, of Afula, near Nazareth, killed by a Palestinian car
bomb while riding on Israeli bus No. 830 near the Megido junction.
June 2002
6 HADAR HERCHKOWITZ, 15, of Herzliya, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the entrance to a restaurant on Sokolov St. in Herzliya.
June 2002
June 2002
refugee camp, died of an IDF rubber-coated bullet and tear gas canister
explosion at close range. MUHAMMAD SHTEIWI, 12, of Fara refugee camp, killed by IDF gunre to his chest.
July 2002
1 6 YONATAN GAMLIEL, 16, of Emmanuel settlement, killed by
Palestinian gunfire and bombing while riding Israeli bus No. 189 from Bnei Brak to the Emmanuel settlement. SARAH TIFERET SHILON, 8 MONTHS, of Emmanuel settlement, killed by Palestinian gunfire and bombing while riding Israeli bus No. 189 from Bnei Brak to the Emmanuel settlement.
July 2002
of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed, with her mother, by IDF gunre to her head.
wounds sustained June 27 from IDF gunre during curfew.
7 SHUKRI FAYQ ABDEL-HAJ DAOUD, 10, of Qalqilya, died of head 1 7 AHMAD SAID ABDUL-JAWAD ABU-RADAHA, 7, of Amari
refugee camp, killed by an IDF bomb.
August 2002
August 2002
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September 2002
September 2002
October 2002
October 2002
October 2002
October 2002
1 3 TAWFIK HUSSAM TAWFIQ BARAKA, 18 MONTHS, of Rafah, 2 1 OSNAT ABRAMOV, 16, of Holon, near Tel Aviv, killed by a Palestinian
suicide car bomber while riding Israeli bus No. 841 from Kiryat Shmona to Tel Aviv.
Gaza, killed by the IDF when his home was demolished while he was inside.
killed by IDF tank re to her head while in her home during an incursion. MUHAMMAD SAMI ZAKRI ABU-HILAL, 15, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF tank re while in his home during an incursion.
1 7 SHAIMA KAMAL YOUSEF ABU-SHAMALEH, 8, of Rafah, Gaza, 1 8 KARAM MUHAMMAD MUSTAFA ABU-OBEID, 17, of Jabalya
refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF tank re in an armed clash near the
Dugit settlement.
In 2002 the majority were those children killed when the IDF randomly opened fire, or shelled or bombarded residential neighborhoods.... Most of these children were killed when there was no exchange of fire and in circumstances in which the lives of the soldiers were not at risk.
Amnesty International, in Killing the Future: Children in the Line of Fire, September 30, 2002.
CHILDREN ARE surprised by IDF tank re after returning to their demolished homes in Rafah refugee camp, Gaza, to salvage their possessions following a 2003 Israeli incursion.
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28 AHMAD MAJED ANBAS, 17, ofTulkarm, killed by IDF gunre to his back.
November 2002
IDF gunre to his abdomen.
1 0 MATAN OHAYON, 5, of Kibbutz Metzer, near Hadera, killed, with his 2 1 MICHAEL SHARSHEVSKY, 16, of West Jerusalem, killed by a
Palestinian suicide bomber on Israeli bus No. 20 in Kiryat Menachem. HODAYA ASRAF, 13, of West Jerusalem, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber on Israeli bus No. 20 in Kiryat Menachem. YAFIT RAVIVO, 13, of West Jerusalem, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber on Israeli bus No. 20 in Kiryat Menachem. ILAN PERLMAN, 8, of West Jerusalem, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber on Israeli bus No. 20 in Kiryat Menachem.
2 3 ABDALLAH MAHMOUD ABDUL-NABI AL-NATSHEH, 15, of 2 5 JIHAD TAHSEEN DARWEESH AL-FAQIH, 8, of Nablus, killed by
IDF gunre to his heart during an incursion.
December 2002
December 2002
1 2 INFANT, NEWBORN, of Tel, near Nablus, killed by IDF gunre. 1 6 EID ABU-HALLAL, 16, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunre. 1 7 JAWAD ESAM ABDUL-WAHAB ZEIDAN, 16, of Khan Younis,
Gaza, killed by IDF shelling to his abdomen and left foot.
by IDF armored personnel carrier gunre to his chest.
1 8 ALA MUHAMMAD MUSLEH AL-SDUDI, 15, of Rafah, Gaza, killed 1 9 NADA KAMAL MUHAMMAD MAHDI, 11, of Rafah, Gaza, killed
by IDF gunre to her chest while at home.
terror of Israeli occupation. Every innocent victim from both sides is a victim of the occupation. The occupation is the cancer feeding Palestinian terror.
Rami Elhanan, father of Smadar Elhanan, 13, killed September 1997 in a suicide bombing in Jerusalem, quoted in Our Girl Was Killed By A Suicide BomberBut It Is The Terror Of Israels Occupation Thats To Blame For Her Death, Alexandra Williams, The Mirror, June 29, 2002.
MENAHEM KAHANA-STF/AFP
A FRIEND OF Yelena, 18, and Yulia, 16, Nelimov mourns next to their bodies during their funeral in Tel Aviv June 3, 2001. The sisters were among the 19 young people killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the entrance to the Dolphinarium disco on Tel Avivs seaside promenade late on the night of June 1.
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2 7 GAVRIEL HOTER, 17, of Alonei Habashan settlement, Golan Heights,
killed by Palestinian gunfire while working in the kitchen of the West Bank settlement of Otniel.
December 2002
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January 2003
the Alei Sinai settlement.
1 JIHAD JUMA ABED, 15, of Jabalya, Gaza, killed by IDF tank re near
MUHAMMAD ATIYA DAWAS, 15, of Bureij refugee camp, Gaza,
killed by IDF tank re near the Alei Sinai settlement. TARIQ ZIAD DAWAS, 15, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF tank re near the Alei Sinai settlement.
4 SEIFALLAH BADRAN, 16, of Tulkarm, killed by IDF gunre. 1 1 ZIAD KHALIL AL-DEIFI, 17, of Shati refugee camp, Gaza, killed by
an IDF explosion.
refugee camp, killed by IDF gunre to his back during a demonstration. HAZZA QASSAM FAWAZ SHADID, 16, of Ilar, near Tulkarm, killed
February 2003
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March 2003
3 TARIQ SAMI AKEL ABU-MATAR, 13, of Bureij refugee camp, killed 5 TAL KEHRMANN, 17, of Haifa, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber
while riding Israeli bus No. 37 to Haifa University. by IDF gunre during an incursion. FADI FAYEZ MUHAMMAD AL-HAWAJRA, 16, of Bureij refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunre to his chest during an incursion.
Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling to his abdomen while trying to
March 2003
March 2003
refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunre to his head during an incursion. OMAR HASSAN SULEIMAN DARWISH, 17, of Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling to his head during an incursion.
April 2003
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camp, killed by IDF gunre during an armed attack on the Tikva settlement.
1 8 ZIAD KHALED NASR, 14, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF 2 6 TAMER NIZAR FATHI ARAR, 11, of Salt, killed by IDF sniper re
to his head during a demonstration.
MOURNERS CARRY THE COFFIN in Manger Square, Bethlehem, of 10-year-old Palestinian girl Christine Sada during her funeral on March 27, 2003. Israeli soldiers killed Christine and wounded her father, George, mother, Najwa, and sister Marianne when they red a hail of bullets at the familys car on March 25.
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an IDF vehicle.
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ordnance after he took it home.
5 MUNIR ABU-HAYN, 14, of Gaza City, killed by an unexploded IDF 20 SAID AWAD MIQBAL GHANEM, 15, of Tulkarm, killed by IDF
gunre while playing cards.
September 2003
September 2003
Jabalya, Gaza, killed by IDF gunre.
6 MUHAMMAD ABDALLAH SHAHDEH ABUL-HUSNA, 17, of 9 THAER MONSUR NOMAN AL-SAYOURI, 9, of Hebron, killed by
IDF tank re to his head while in his home during an incursion.
going on, but I don't know why....I hear about bombs going off in shops and on buses, and it makes me afraid... What are my three wishes? I want to be an artist. I want to dance. And I want to be old.
Danielle, 8, Israeli From the book Three Wishes: Palestinian and Israeli Children Speak.
CHILDREN IN the Shati refugee camp, one of Gazas poorest and most crowded.
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2 6 SHAKED AVRAHAM, 7 MONTHS, of Negohot settlement, killed by
Palestinian gunfire during dinner in a settlement home on the eve of Rosh Hashana.
September 2003
IDF gunre.
2 2 SHADI AWNI MUHAMMAD MONSUR, 16, of Nablus, killed by 2 4 MUHAMMAD EISA ABDUL-AZIZ HAMDAN, 15, of Rafah, Gaza,
killed by IDF tank re to his head and neck during an incursion.
October 2003
4 TOMER ALMOG, 9, of Haifa, killed, with his cousin, father and
grandparents, by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the Maxim restaurant in Haifa. ASSAF STAIER, 11, of Haifa, killed, with his cousin, uncle and grandparents, by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the Maxim restaurant in Haifa. LIRAN ZER-AVIV, 4, of Kibbutz Yagur, near Haifa, killed, with her sister, parents and grandmother, by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the Maxim restaurant in Haifa. NOYA ZER-AVIV, 14 MONTHS, of Kibbutz Yagur, near Haifa, killed, with her sister, parents and grandmother, by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the Maxim restaurant in Haifa.
October 2003
his head.
1 0 SAMI TALAL NAJIB SALAH, 15, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF tank re
to his head on his way home from visiting relatives during an incursion. IBRAHIM AHMAD FREJ AL-QREINAWI, 10, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunre to his abdomen while with his family in their yard during an incursion. ATWA YOUSEF ABU-MUHSEN, 8, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunre to his head during an incursion.
2 0 MUHAMMAD ZIAD MUHAMMAD BAROUD, 12, of Nuseirat refu2 4 IBRAHIM JUMAH MUHAMMAD TABAZEH, 17, of Nuseirat
refugee camp, Gaza, died of wounds sustained Oct. 20 from IDF
helicopter re during a targeted assassination.
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November 2003
killed by IDF gunre while throwing stones.
November 2003
November 2003
SHABAN, 15, of Yatta, near Hebron, died of abdominal wounds sustained Nov. 26 from IDF gunre while allegedly throwing a petrol bomb.
December 2003
December 2003
2 MUHAMMAD AHMAD ABDALLAH ZAHARAN, 17, of Deir abuMashal, near Ramallah, killed by IDF gunre to his chest and abdomen.
December 2003
December 2003
2 2 LATIFA, PREMATURE, of Deir Balut, near Ramallah, died, with her twin
sister, at an IDF checkpoint after her mother was delayed access to medical care.
January 2004
January 2004
3 AMR QATHEM KAMAL ARAFAT, 17, of Nablus, killed by IDF gunre to his back while throwing stones from the roof of his school.
AMJAD BILAL NABIL AL-MASRI, 15, of Nablus, killed by IDF gunre to his chest and abdomen while throwing stones.
February 2004
February 2004
1 1 MUHAMMAD AHMAD MUHAMMAD HALS, 16, of Gaza City, 1 2 BASHIR KHALIL MUHAMMAD ABU-ARMANEH, 14, of Rafah,
Gaza, killed by IDF gunre to his neck near the Egyptian border.
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They are as human as we are, as we are. At least, as we used to be only 41 years ago. No less diligent, no less smart, as sensitive, as full of hope. They love their wives and children as we do, no less. And our children now shoot theirs with lead, plastic bullets, and gas.
Dan Almagor, Israeli poet, professor of Hebrew literature and major television personality, from his poem We Shoot Children Too, Dont We?
died of head wounds sustained March 19 from IDF gunre to her head while playing in her yard with friends.
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AN AMBULANCE driver carries into the hospital a young boy shot by Israeli troops during May 2004s Operation Rainbow.
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2 HADAR HATUEL, 9, of Katif settlement, Gaza, killed, with her three sisters and mother, by Palestinian gunfire while driving in their car near the entrance to the Gush Katif settlement bloc. HILA HATUEL, 11, of Katif settlement, Gaza, killed, with her three sisters and mother, by Palestinian gunfire while driving in their car near the entrance to the Gush Katif settlement bloc. MERAV HATUEL, 2, of Katif settlement, Gaza, killed, with her three sisters and mother, by Palestinian gunfire while driving in their car near the entrance to the Gush Katif settlement bloc. RONI HATUEL, 7, of Katif settlement, Gaza, killed, with her three sisters and mother, by Palestinian gunfire while driving in their car near the entrance to the Gush Katif settlement bloc.
May 2004
5 RIFAT BAKR RAMADAN ABID, 16, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunre near the Karni checkpoint.
May 2004
May 2004
June 2004
June 2004
1 0 HANI MAHMOUD KHALED KANDIL, 13, of Nablus, killed by IDF 2 5 MUHAMMAD HAITHAM JAMIL FUQUA, 17, of Nablus, killed by
IDF gunre to his chest while throwing stones from the roof of his house during an incursion. IHAB MAHER MUHAMMAD ALI AL-SALIM, 17, of Nablus, killed by IDF gunre to his head while looking out of his window during an incursion.
June 2004
June 2004
July 2004
July 2004
HAMADA ZARB, 14, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF tank re.
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Children are paying a heavy and disproportionate price. More must be done to ensure that all the regions children are protected both from the direct and indirect impacts of this tragic conflict.
Pierre Poupard, UNICEF Special Representative in the West Bank and Gaza, in a Geneva press conference, November 15, 2001.
CHILDREN FROM the Mini Palestinian Parliament in Rafah, Gaza, demonstrate in the aftermath of Israels Operation Rainbow in 2004.
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2 5 SAID JAMAL SAID ABU-QAMER, 16, of Tulkarm, killed by undercover Israeli border police gunre to his head at close range while sitting in a restaurant during a targeted assassination. AHMAD NABIL AHMAD BAROUQ, 16, of Tulkarm, killed by undercover Israeli border police gunre to his head at close range while sitting in a restaurant during a targeted assassination.
August 2004
August 2004
5 IMAN SULEIMAN IBRAHIM BARHOUM, 13, of Rafah refugee 7 AHMAD SALEH MUHAMMAD AL-QIQ, 15, of Rafah, Gaza, killed
by IDF gunre while trying to cross into Israel for work near the Sufah checkpoint.
September 2004
September 2004
September 2004
September 2004
Only a new mindset among Israelis and Palestinians can prevent the killing of more children, a mindset that values each childs life, whereby all those involved in the conflict behave according to the fundamental principles of humanity enshrined in international law.
Amnesty International, in Killing the Future: Children in the Line of Fire, September 30, 2002.
ISRAELI CHILDREN are brought to a Beersheva hospital March 5, 2002 following a Palestinian rocket attack on a house in the southern Israeli town of Sderot. Two rockets were launched from the Gaza Strip, slightly wounding ve Israelis.
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Gaza, killed by IDF shelling.
Like all children in the world, we just want to live a normal and peaceful childhood, to be able to reach school safely, and to be able to sleep at night. . . . Are we asking for too much?
Palestinian children in a letter to President George W. Bush, March 5, 2002, read at a Palestine Media Center press conference in Ramallah.
A PALESTINIAN BOY carries school books in front of the remains of his familys destroyed home on the eastern edges of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip November 22, 2002.
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gunre near the border with Egypt.
1 0 RANA OMAR ABDUL-HADI SIYAM, 8, of Khan Younis, Gaza, 1 7 JIHAD RAMADAN MUHAMMAD ABU-OMAR, 16, of Khan Younis,
Gaza, killed by IDF gunre to his chest near Nasr hospital during an incursion.
January 2005
January 2005
January 2005
January 2005
refugee camp, Gaza, died of head wounds sustained Jan. 13 by IDF tank
No drought has hit Gaza and the West Bank, no crops have failed and the shops are often full of food. But the failure of the peace process and the destruction of the economy by Israels closure policy have had the effect of a terrible natural disaster.
Peter Hansen, Commissioner General of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), in Hungry in Gaza, The Guardian, March 5, 2003.
PALESTINIAN SCHOOLGIRLS walk through the rubble of a destroyed building which housed a metal workshop in Gaza City January 26, 2003, after Israeli tanks, bulldozers and Apache helicopters raided Gaza Citys eastern al-Zaitoun district, killing 12 Palestinians and injuring 64 others.
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2 1 AYALA-HAYA ELLA ABU-KASIS, 17, of Sderot, died of head
wounds sustained Jan. 15 from a Palestinian rocket while protecting her brother.
January 2005
2 0 SALAHALDEEN ABDUL-FATTAH ABDUL-RAHMAN ABULby IDF gunre while throwing stones during an incursion.
EISH, 14, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunre to his neck and back. SALAHALDEEN AKAB NIMER ABU-MUSIN, 13, of Tubas, killed
Gaza, killed by IDF gunre near the Gaza perimeter fence.
2 4 AHMAD AMR AHMAD AL-MASRI, 15, of Nuseirat refugee camp, 2 6 RAHMA IBRAHIM MUSA ABU-SHAMS, 3, of Deir al-Balah, Gaza,
killed by IDF shelling to her head while eating breakfast in her home near the Tal Katif settlement.
3 1 NURAN IYAD DEEB, 11, of Rafah refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF
sniper re to her head while entering her United Nations-administered elementary school.
February 2005
February 2005
1 4 SABRI FAYEZ YOUNIS AL-RJOUB, 17, of Dura, near Hebron, 1 5 ALA HANI MUHAMMAD DAR-KHALIL, 15, of Beitunya, near
Jerusalem, killed by IDF gunre to his neck near the annexation wall.
May 2005
May 2005
4 JAMAL JABER IBRAHIM ASI, 15, of Beit Liqya, near Jerusalem, killed,
with his cousin, by IDF gunre to his heart during a demonstration against the annexation wall.
May 2005
June 2005
settlement.
July 2005
1 2 RACHEL BEN ABU, 16, of Netanya, killed by a Palestinian suicide
bomber near the Hasharon mall. NOFAR HOROWITZ, 16, of Netanya, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber near the Hasharon mall.
July 2005
1 0 NUR FARIS NJEM, 16, of Balata refugee camp, died of wounds 1 5 MATH JAMAL MUSTAFA AL-SALIMA, 16, of Salt, killed by IDF
gunre to his head while throwing stones during an incursion.
1 8 RAGHEB ABDUL-RAHMAN AHMAD AL-MASRI, 14, of Deir alBalah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunre to his back while helping people waiting near the abu-Houli checkpoint.
Whether children build a world of peace or a world of hatred is as much a result of the choices we adults make, as of the choices they makeChildren will build a world using the tools and materials we provide them with, so let us choose to teach them the ways of peace.
Dr. Wangari Maathi, founder of the Greenbelt Movement, a Kenyan NGO, September 13, 2001.
ISRAELI CHILDREN play on the beach at the seaside resort of Netanya, north of Tel Aviv, July 11, 2002. The citys white sandy beach is now a world away from the sunbaked West Bank hills of the Palestinian self-rule town of Tulkarm. Before the intifada erupted 21 months earlier, Tulkarm residents not only swam or shopped in Netanya, they worked or did business there, and Israelis went to Tulkarm to buy food like hummus, meet employees or traders, and get their cars repaired.
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8 TAMER ASAD KHADER JABER ZANDIK, 17, of Nur al-Shams refugee camp, killed by IDF sniper re to his head while sitting outside his home. camp, killed by undercover IDF gunre during a targeted assassination. MUHAMMAD TARIQ ABDUL-LATIF OTHMAN, 16, of Tulkarm refugee camp, killed by undercover IDF gunre during a targeted assassination. MAHMOUD MUHAMMAD ISMAEL HUDAIB, 16, of Tulkarm refugee camp, killed by undercover IDF gunre during a targeted assassination.
September 2005
September 2005
bloc during Gaza Disengagement.
2 2 FADEL KHALIL ABU-ARAM, 14, of Yatta, near Hebron, died of 2 4 RAWAD FATHI RABAH FARAHAT, 17, of Gaza City, killed by an
IDF missile during a targeted assassination.
October 2005
1 7 OZ BEN-MEIR, 15, of Maon settlement, killed in a Palestinian
drive-by shooting at a hitchhiking station near the Gush Etzion settlement bloc.
October 2005
2 0 AKRAM TAYSEER MAHMOUD ZAOUL, 17, of Hussan, near 2 2 ABDALLAH FARAJ MUHAMMAD YEHYA AL-TAMIMI, 17, of
settlers cars.
Deir Nizam, near Ramallah, killed by IDF gunre while throwing stones at
November 2005
November 2005
December 2005
December 2005
perimeter fence.
Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF gunre while working his land near the Gaza
January 2006
January 2006
February 2006
February 2006
9 MARWAN AHMAD SALMAN AMAR, 17, of Jabalya refugee camp, 1 5 MUJAHID AL-SAMADI, 15, of Qabatya, near Jenin, mentally disabled, killed
by IDF gunre to his chest while carrying a toy gun during an incursion.
People have a feeling of helplessness and inability to resist. That translates into hopelessness, which leads to depression.
Eyad R. El Sarraj, M.D., a psychiatrist and chair of the Gaza Community Mental Health Program, as quoted in the October 2003 Psychiatric Times.
refugee camp, killed by IDF gunre to his neck while standing on the roof of his home during an incursion. MUHAMMAD AHMAD MUHAMMAD AL-NATOUR, 16, of Balata refugee camp, killed by IDF gunre to his neck while standing on the roof of his friends home during an incursion.
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TWO DAYS AFTER the September 11, 2005 departure of Israeli occupation forces, Gazans stand amid the rubble of demolished houses in the former settlement of Morag in the northern Gaza Strip.
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1 1 AMIR MAHER MUHAMMAD SHAWAHNA, 15, of Silat alHarthiya, near Jenin, died of head wounds sustained April 8 from an IDF rubber-coated bullet while throwing stones during an incursion.
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June 2006
June 2006
9 ALIA ALI EISA GHALYA, 17, of Beit Lahya, Gaza, killed, with her
mother, father, brother and three sisters, by IDF shelling from an offshore warship while having a family picnic at Waha beach. killed, with his brother and father, by an IDF missile while gathered at the site of a targeted assassination. MAHER ASHRAF FAROUQ AL-MUGHRABI, 8, of Gaza City, killed, with his brother and father, by an IDF missile while gathered at the site of a targeted assassination. RAFIQ MUHAMMAD FARAJ AL-MUBAYED, 17, of Gaza City, killed by an IDF missile while at the site of a targeted assassination.
of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed, with her mother and uncle, by an IDF missile during a targeted assassination attempt.
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It is the children who will be traumatized for years to come, for their entire lives. They if they survive will be the innocent victims of false and brutal politics. The seeds are being sown for vengeance for years to come. And the governments of the world look on.
Juno Sylva Englander, President, Global Mothers (Austria), in an e-mail message to Remember These Children, July 24, 2002.
FOR THE FIRST time in their lives, Palestinian children play on the beach September 18, 2005 at Khan Younis, a week after the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
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4 FIDAH NIMER MUHAMMAD ABU-KANDIL, 16, of Jenin, killed 6 AHMAD EID IBRAHIM NAGHNAGHEYA, 16, of Jenin refugee
camp, killed by IDF gunre after he was arrested during a funeral.
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A YOUNG GIRL retrieves what is left of her belongings after Israeli F-16s bombed her home and others in southern Gazas Rafah refugee camp.
House demolitions have become the hallmark of the occupation. Indeed, since 1967 Israel has demolished almost 18,000 Palestinian homes, leaving more than 70,000 without shelter and traumatized. The systematic demolition of Palestinian homes is an attack on an entire people, an attempt to make the Palestinians submit to a mini-state or worse, an autonomous set of islandsunder Israeli control. We need to struggle against the occupation so that both our peoples will eventually enjoy the fruits of a just peace.
Jeff Halper Coordinator Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions
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refugee camp, killed by IDF gunre to his back while throwing stones at
2 9 MUHAMMAD ABDULLAH SULEIMAN AL-ZIQ, 14, of Gaza City, 3 0 NIDAL ABDUL AZIZ AL-DAHDOUH, 14, of Gaza City, killed by
IDF sniper re. HUSSAM AHMAD MUHAMMAD AL-SARSAWI, 12, of Gaza City, died of wounds sustained Aug. 27 from IDF tank re.
September 2006
September 2006
Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF sniper re to his chest while on his roof during an incursion.
1 0 JIHAD SULEIMAN SELMI ABU-SNAIMA, 14, of Rafah, Gaza, killed 1 2 MUHAMMAD OMAR AWAD SHORIYA, 13, of Rakhma, near
soldiers demolishing a Bethlehem home.
killed by an IDF missile while herding sheep. ZIDAN RAFIQ MUHAMMAD ABU-RASHID, 16, of Jabalya, Gaza, killed by an IDF missile while herding sheep. MUHAMMAD SELMI MUHAMMAD MASALHA, 17, of Jabalya, Gaza, killed by an IDF missile while herding sheep.
September 2006
September 2006
Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed, with his brother, by an IDF missile while riding their bicycles past an abandoned Palestinian rocket launching site. HAMAM ABDUL-GHANI MUHAMMAD HAMDAN, 13, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed, with his brother, by an IDF missile while riding their bicycles past an abandoned Palestinian rocket launching site.
October 2006
October 2006
9 MAHMOUD JAMAL AHMAD ABU-NASR, 14, of Beit Lahya, Gaza, 1 2 IMAN USAMA FADEL AL-HARAZIN, 2, of Gaza City, killed in an
IDF airstrike while walking with her father. SUHAIB ADEL ZEREI MAHMOUD QUDAIH, 13, of Abasan alKabira, near Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by an IDF missile while in his home.
November 2006
November 2006
refugee camp, Gaza, killed by an IDF missile while administering rst aid
November 2006
November 2006
asleep at home.
Gaza, killed, with 16 family members, by IDF shelling while asleep at home.
MUHAMMAD SAID ABDULLAH AL-ATHAMNA, 14, of Beit SAAD MAJDI SAID AL-ATHAMNA, 8, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza,
killed, with 16 family members, by IDF shelling while asleep at home. MAHMOUD AMJAD AL-ATHAMNA, 12, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed, with 16 family members, by IDF shelling while asleep at home. MARAM RAMEZ MASOUD AL-ATHAMNA, 2, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed, with 16 family members, by IDF shelling while asleep at home. MAISA RAMEZ MASOUD AL-ATHAMNA, 6 MONTHS, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed, with 16 family members, by IDF shelling while asleep at home. NIMER MUHAMMAD ALI ABU-NADIA, 17, of Jabalya, Gaza, killed by IDF gunre to his chest.
Security for any nation is not abstract; neither is it exclusive. It depends on the security of others; it depends on mutual respect and trust.
Nelson Mandela, address on the International Day of Solidarity With the Palestinian People, December 4, 1997.
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A FAMILY waits in line to collect water in Khan Younis, Gaza, July 18, 2006.
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gunre to his head while riding in a car.
2 2 ADHAM KHALED AL-SAHABANI, 17, of Gaza City, killed by IDF 2 4 ABDUL-AZIZ SALMAN MUHAMMAD SALMAN, 10, of Beit
Lahya, Gaza, killed by IDF tank re to his abdomen while playing by al-Zawia mosque.
December 2006
December 2006
3 JAMIL ABDUL-KARIM JAMIL JABJI, 5, of Askar refugee camp, 1 3 ALA AHMAD MUHAMMAD MAKAWI, 17, of Gaza City, killed by
IDF gunre while trying to cross the Gaza perimeter fence.
January 2007
January 2007
4 ALA FAWAZ MUHAMMAD HAMRAN, 16, of Araba, near Jenin,
killed by undercover IDF gunre during an incursion in Ramallah.
February 2007
February 2007
1 TAHA MUHAMMAD SUBHI AL-QUALJAWI, 16, of Kafr Aqab,
near Jerusalem, killed by IDF gunre to his thigh while trying to cross
Israels annexation wall near the Kalandya refugee camp.
March 2007
March 2007
2 1 MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM ISMAEL JABER BARGHOUTI, 17, of
Aboud, near Ramallah, killed by IDF gunre from a jeep while throwing
stones.
Things Y ou Can Do
Raise awareness. Help others to learn more about the nature of violence against children in Israel/Palestine by inviting Palestinian or Israeli childrens rights, humanitarian or peace organizations to speak in your community, encouraging a local theater to show a documentary on the subject, or holding a memorial vigil at which the childrens names are read.
Be informed. Join the e-mail list of a childrens rights or a peace group for current updates on the issues facing children in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, or talk to those who have direct knowledge of the area.
Some suggested Web sites: Amnesty International (USA)
(www.amnestyusa.org/countries/israel_and_occupied_territories/index.do)
BTselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (www.btselem.org) Defense for Children International (www.dci-is.org) Defense for Children International/Palestinian Section (http://www.dci-pal.org) Human Rights Watch, Middle East (www.hrw.org/mideast/is-ot-pa.php) Middle East Childrens Alliance (www.mecaforpeace.org) The Palestine Childrens Relief Fund (www.pcrf.net) The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (www.pchrgaza.org) The Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice (www.rachelcorriefoundation.org) United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (www.un.org/unrwa) Remember These Children (www.rememberthesechildren.org) Sponsors: American Educational Trust/Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (www.wrmea.com) Americans for Middle East Understanding (www.ameu.org) The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (www.icahd.org) The Parents Circle Bereaved Families Forum (www.theparentscircle.org)
President The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20500 phone: (202) 456-1111 fax: (202) 456-2461 e-mail: president@whitehouse.gov Senator United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 phone: (202) 244-3121 (ask for your senator) web: www.senate.gov
Secretary of State U.S. Department of State Washington, DC 20520 phone: (202) 647-6575 fax: (202) 261-8577 e-mail: secretary@state.gov Representative U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 phone: (202) 244-3121 (ask for your rep.) web: www.house.gov
These letters are more important than you may realize in changing government policies and media approaches to the Middle East.
Non-U.S. readers are urged to contact their respective leaders, representatives, concerned organizations and media with the same message.
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