Overview
- UNICEF, which briefed reporters Tuesday in Geneva, said at least 70 Palestinian children have been killed in the West Bank since January 2025, averaging one every week.
- The agency attributed 93% of those deaths to Israeli forces and reported about 850 children injured, mostly by live ammunition.
- It counted 347 children in Israeli military detention, with more than half held under administrative detention that allows imprisonment without charge or trial.
- UN monitors logged 99 education-related incidents this year, and more than 2,500 Palestinians, including 1,100 children, were displaced in January through April.
- UNICEF cited OCHA in warning of increasingly coordinated settler attacks, noting March 2026 saw the highest number of Palestinians injured by settlers in at least 20 years, and urged Israeli authorities and influential states to act.