NEW: We just published “Targeting Childhood,” a report analyzing 141 cases of Palestinian children killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since October 7. ow.ly/nJCA50TiSt4 The report's first key finding notes the stark escalation in Israeli forces targeting Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank with lethal force at an unprecedented rate.

🧵Thread: Israeli forces have killed five Palestinian boys in the occupied West Bank since Sunday.

Nowhere is safe for Palestinian children. Countries should enact an arms embargo immediately to force the Israeli military to stop its relentless killing of Palestinian children. Mosab Hassan Ali Moqasqas, 17, was shot and killed by Israeli forces on August 25 around 10:30 p.m. near the entrance to Marda village, north of Salfit. Israeli authorities are withholding Mosab’s body. dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces…

THREAD: Israeli authorities have agreed to release 150 Palestinian prisoners, including children, as part of a four-day truce agreement with Hamas.
Israeli forces detain, interrogate, prosecute, and imprison 500-700 Palestinian children between the ages of 12-17 each year. Imprisoning Palestinian children is business as usual for Israel forces, who enjoy complete impunity for violating children’s rights. We welcome the release of Palestinian children & demand an end to the Israeli military detention system that has imprisoned children for decades.

NEW: We just released a report asserting that Israeli authorities' systematic denial of fair trial rights to Palestinian children detained by Israeli forces constitutes arbitrary detention.

Read "Arbitrary by Default" » dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces… We collected affidavits from 766 Palestinian children detained by Israeli forces between 2016 and 2022.

75% endured some form of physical violence following arrest.

97% had no parent present during interrogation.

66% were not properly informed of their rights.

Thread: So far this year, @DCIPalestine has documented the killings of 49 Palestinian children. From Jenin to Jerusalem to Gaza City, it has been a deadly year for Palestinian children. Here are their names, faces, and stories. #WorldChildrensDay The first Palestinian child killed by Israeli forces in 2022 was Mohammad Akram Ali Taher Abu Salah, 16. Israeli forces shot him in the eye on February 13 in the village of Silat al-Harithiya near Jenin. dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces…

🚨BREAKING: Khaled Quzmar, @DCIPalestine's General Director, is in Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) custody as Israeli authorities again escalate attacks against @DCIPalestine, @alhaq_org, @addameer_ps and others. Waiting for more information, updates to follow #StandWithThe6 Quzmar received a phone call at 2:25 pm local time from a Shin Bet agent summoning him for interrogation. He went to Israel's Ofer military base soon after...

BREAKING: Israeli forces killed 5-year-old Alaa Abdullah Riyad Qaddoum today in an airstrike in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood of Gaza City. Alaa's father and six-year-old brother were injured in the same attack. #GazaUnderAttack Alaa Abdullah Riyad Qaddoum, 5, was killed around 4:30 pm on August 5 by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City. The Israeli airstrike hit a group of people outside Abu Samra mosque in the Wadi Al-Arayes area of Shuja’iyya neighborhood. #GazaUnderAttack dci-palestine.org/israeli_airstr…

Odeh was walking with two friends about 100 meters from his home when Israeli forces deployed in the area opened fire on them. A single bullet struck Odeh in the back, striking his heart and exiting through his chest.

Read our report: dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces…

https://twitter.com/DCIPalestine/status/1532411395903344646

Palestinians in the area heard the gunshots and went to the area to help Odeh, but Israeli forces fired on them. After about 20 minutes, they were able to reach Odeh and transport him to a medical center in the nearby village of Ni’lin. dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces…

NEW: Israeli soldiers forced Ahed, 16, to stand in front of their military vehicle for two hours as Palestinian gunmen shot heavily toward the Israeli forces’ position. Ahed was later hospitalized for intense mental stress and a severe lack of oxygen. ow.ly/oft050JcqAQ “Bullets were being fired at the military vehicle from all directions,” Ahed told DCIP. “I was trembling and crying and shouting to the soldiers to remove me because the bullets were passing over my head."

BREAKING: Israeli settlers attacked DCIP field researcher Hani Nassar around 5:15 pm today in his car near the evacuated settlement Homesh, south of the northern occupied West Bank city Jenin. After he confronted the settlers, an Israeli soldier sprayed Hani with pepper spray. A group of at least 50 Israeli settlers accompanied by Israeli forces attacked Hani Nassar, a field researcher at DCIP, around 5:15 p.m. today on Route 60 near the evacuated Israeli settlement of Homesh. dci-palestine.org/israeli_settle…

Thread: 2021 is already the deadliest year for Palestinian children since 2014. @DCIPalestine had documented the killings of 78 Palestinian children at the hands of Israeli forces and civilians. This #ChildrensDay, we’re sharing their names, faces, and stories. Israeli forces shot and killed 17-year-old Attallah Mohammad Harb Rayyan on January 26, 2021 after he allegedly tried to stab an Israeli soldier. dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces…

Update: Yesterday, an armed Israeli civilian shot 16-year-old Omar Ibrahim Ayoub Abu Assab at least six times, killing him, after Omar allegedly stabbed two Israeli paramilitary border police officers in occupied East Jerusalem.

Read the news alert: dci-palestine.org/armed_israeli_…

https://twitter.com/DCIPalestine/status/1461072089239244813

Omar’s body remains in Israeli custody and it has not been returned to his family.

In April, 14-year-old Izzuddin from Hebron was shot in the eye by Israeli forces while working at his uncle's vegetable market. The video went viral.

The rubber-coated metal bullet destroyed Izzuddin's eye and doctors were forced to remove it. No one has been held accountable. "If I see soldiers or clashes, I stop working and go home," Izzuddin says, explaining that he's filled with fear and anxiety. "I thank God for having another eye with which to see."

1/ Thread: For years, we've been exposing Israeli violations of Palestinian children's rights at the international level. That's why the Israeli government decided to criminalize our work.

Let's start in 2014. #StandWithThe6 2/ On Nakba Day in 2014, Israeli forces shot and killed 16-year-old Mohammad Abu Daher and 17-year-old Nadeem Nawara. We shared our documentation with @ForensicArchi and exposed that Israeli forces knowingly used live ammunition to kill the two boys. forensic-architecture.org/investigation/…

We're humbled and grateful for all the statements of solidarity and support from individuals, government officials, trade unions, civil society organizations, academics, and others over the last few days. We won't stop fighting for Palestinian children's rights. #StandWithThe6 .@amnesty and @hrw called the Israeli government's decision a "brazen attack on human rights." #StandWithThe6 amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

Over the last few days, we've welcomed about a thousand new Twitter followers—hello! Here's a little bit about what we do to promote and protect Palestinian children's rights. #StandWithThe6 (thread) DCIP is the only local, independent human rights organization focused solely on the rights of Palestinian children. We were founded in 1991 and are celebrating our 30th anniversary this year.

(1/11) Today, the Israeli Ministry of Defense issued a military order declaring @DCIPalestine and five other Palestinian human rights organizations to be "terrorist organizations."

Here's our full statement from General Director Khaled Quzmar: bit.ly/3nqj8Iq (2/11) We are an independent, local Palestinian child rights organization dedicated to defending and promoting the rights of children living in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip.

Thread: Israeli forces killed 16-year-old Palestinian teenager Said Yousef Mohammad Odeh on May 5, 2021. Now, his family, friends, and community are reflecting on Said's life.

His mother asks, "What did he do to justify his killing? He was just 16 years old." Said's cousin, Munther, was shot in the back by Israeli soldiers while trying to carry Said to safety.

"We were standing here, and suddenly, the army came out from under the olive trees."

BREAKING: Israeli forces raided our main office in Al-Bireh today around 5 a.m., confiscating computers, laptops, and files concerning our Palestinian child detainee clients in the Israeli military courts. We were not informed of the reason for the raid. This is the latest act by Israeli authorities to increasingly push forward a campaign to delegitimize and criminalize Palestinian civil society and human rights organizations like @DCIPalestine.

Director of @DCIPalestine's accountability program, Ayed Abu Eqtaish, is live on @AJEnglish sharing the latest updates on Palestinian children. #GazaUnderAttack

Tune in » aljazeera.com/live/ @AJEnglish "It's important to remind people that Palestinian children are children. They're not just numbers," said Ayed. Many of the children killed in Gaza were killed playing outside their homes. #GazaUnderAttack

We have confirmed nine Palestinian children were killed yesterday in the Gaza Strip following an escalation of violence between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups during the late afternoon.

Read more: dci-palestine.org/nine_children_… An Israeli drone-fired missile killed 15-year-old Mohammad Saber Ibrahim Suleiman shortly after 6 p.m. while he and his father Saber Ibrahim Mahmoud Suleiman were on their agricultural land outside the city of Jabalia.