Deaths of children on both sides of this conflict have been recorded and published by the Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem since the beginning of the second Intifada in September, 2000. These tragic data can be viewed online, organized in side-by-side columns, month-by-month, providing the name, age, and cause of death of each victim.
Conflict-related deaths of children since start of 2nd Intifada
Year
Israeli children killed
Palestinian children killed
Sept-Dec, 2000
0
91
2001
36
103
2002
45
201
2003
21
141
2004
8
188
2005
6
56
2006
2
139
2007
1
68
2008
4
160
2009
1
295
Jan-Jun 2010
0
4
TOTALS
124
1,446
Almost all Israeli deaths occurred from suicide bombings, which were discontinued by Hamas in 2005. These were the only deaths within Israel. In addition, a few Israeli children have been killed by gunfire within the occupied territories.
Four dead babies
Operation Cast Lead
His 4-year old daughter
Palestinian children died from a variety of lethal IDF actions, most frequently by gunfire and often gunfire to the head indicating deliberate targeting by snipers. Veteran war correspondent Chris Hedges reports that he has never seen children lured into the open and killed in this way in any other armed conflict.
In 2000, 93 Palestinian children were killed before the first Israeli child died.
From 2005 after suicide bombings were discontinued through July 2010, 666 Palestinian and 8 Israeli children have been killed.
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