The killing of an 11-year-old Palestinian boy by the Israeli military on Tuesday brings to 165 the number of Palestinian children killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank in the past year alone, the UN said, Al Jazeera reports.

The victim, identified as Abdullah Jamal Hawash, posed “no realistic threat” to Israeli forces when he was shot in the chest for throwing stones at an armoured vehicle in Nablus, the UN’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said.

The killing follows after a 17-year-old in Hebron was shot in the head by Israeli forces on Sunday and is now in critical condition. Three days earlier, another 11-year-old was also shot in the head and critically injured by Israeli forces in the Hebron governorate’s Arroub refugee camp.

Since last year, 165 Palestinian children have been killed in the occupied West Bank — 129 shot by Israeli soldiers and 36 killed in Israeli air strikes, the UN said.

Opinion

Editorial

Exit strategy
Updated 18 Mar, 2026

Exit strategy

MOST members of the international community, particularly states in the greater Middle East, are gravely concerned...
Unsafe trains
18 Mar, 2026

Unsafe trains

SUNDAY’S accident involving the Shalimar Express has once again brought into sharp focus the deep structural and...
Disappointment in Dhaka
18 Mar, 2026

Disappointment in Dhaka

FOR a side looking for lift-off after a disappointing T20 World Cup, it was despair for Shaheen Shah Afridi’s ...
Missing in action
17 Mar, 2026

Missing in action

NOT exactly known for playing a proactive role in protecting the interests of Muslim nations and populations...
Risk to stability
Updated 17 Mar, 2026

Risk to stability

THE risks to Pakistan’s fragile economic recovery from the US-Israel war on Iran cannot be dismissed. Yet the...
Enrolment push
17 Mar, 2026

Enrolment push

THE federal government has embarked upon the welcome initiative to enrol 25,000 out-of-school children in Islamabad...