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TEHRAN, July 02 - A children rights NGO says the Israeli military troopers have shot and killed 25 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank and the blockaded Gaza Strip since the beginning of the current year.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -Defense for Children International - Palestine reported on Monday that Israeli soldiers are responsible for the death of 21 children in the Gaza Strip alone.
It added that 18 children lost their lives while participating in the “Great March of Return” protests, which began on March 30 at the Gaza border with occupied territories.
The right group further noted that Israeli forces had deliberately killed 21 minors with the use of live ammunition, and that eleven of them were shot in the head and neck.
It also said the fate of 15-year-old Yousef Jaser Abu Jazar remains unknown since April 29, when Israeli soldiers fired shots at him. Israeli military officials later declared that he was killed without returning his body, while the Palestinian Ministry of Health could not confirm his death.
The resolution, which had been put forward on the behalf of Arab and Muslim countries, garnered a strong majority of 120 votes in the 193-member assembly, with 8 votes against and 45 abstentions on Wednesday.
The resolution calls on UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to make proposals within 60 days “on ways and means for ensuring the safety, protection, and well-being of the Palestinian civilian population under Israeli occupation,” including “recommendations regarding an international protection mechanism.”
It also calls for “immediate steps towards ending the closure and the restrictions imposed by Israel on movement and access into and out of the Gaza Strip.”
Source: Press TV
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