UN: Israeli Defense Force killed 116 children in 2006

Associated Press, 2006. 11. 10 - UNICEF says 17 children killed in Gaza, and 2 in West Bank so far in November, 40 killed in July. Nineteen Palestinian children have been killed in the past 10 days, making November already the second deadliest month of the year for young people in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, UNICEF said Friday.The UN children's Fund said 17 have been killed in Gaza and two in the West Bank so far in November. Only July - when 40 children were killed - was worse, the agency said.
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"What children and adolescents have endured the past few days will likely have a long-lasting impact," UNICEF spokesman Michael Bociurkiw said in Geneva. "They have seen family members killed and their communities destroyed. They have been confined to their homes, in many cases without access to food, water or electricity."

Israeli artillery shells ripped through a residential neighborhood Wednesday in the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun, killing at least 18 people, including eight children. +++

[But hey, you should ask Miri Eisen the Israeli Government spokeswoman, she knows: "Israel does not target civilians..." CNN 2006. July. Maybe they are all terrorists? And what is the UN-UNICEF doing? --tj]