‘Is it Israel’s aim to kill our children?’ West Bank parents implore end to IDF’s child killings with impunity

Israeli army has killed 235 children in West Bank since 7 October 2023 without a single indictment in what rights groups call a ‘licence to kill’ On the day he died, Mohammad al-Halaq had been jubilant about a new school bag he had been given in class, printed with the logo of the UN child protection and advocacy agency, Unicef. “He was extremely happy. It was something out of the ordinary for him to be given a bag,” recalled his mother, Aliyah. “He came knocking on the door to tell me had th...

By Quique Kierszenbaum in the West Bank and Julian Borger