All forms of violence against children must stop now: UNICEF

UNICEF‘s government director on Saturday voiced concern over the rising variety of baby deaths in occupied West Bank.

“I’m very concerned about the spike in violence in the West Bank. An Israeli child was found killed after going missing yesterday,” Catherine Russell mentioned on X.

So far this yr, 35 Palestinian and two Israeli youngsters have been killed within the West Bank, she added.

“All forms of violence against children must stop now,” Russell burdened.

Her remarks got here after the Israeli military mentioned on Saturday that it discovered the physique of a settler teen who had gone lacking yesterday.

Tensions have been operating excessive throughout the West Bank since Israel’s army offensive on the Gaza Strip after a cross-border assault by Hamas on Oct. 7.