{
  "id": 4471570,
  "title": "'Why would anyone shoot an infant?': Killing of Palestinian children, teens by Israel surges in West Bank",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/why-would-anyone-shoot-an-infant-killing-of-palestinian-children",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-30T17:56:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2026182/why-would-anyone-shoot-an-infant-killing-of-palestinian-children-teens-by-israel-surges-in-west-bank"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The article reports an alarming surge in the killing of Palestinian children and teenagers by Israeli forces in the West Bank since the outbreak of the conflict in Gaza in October 2023. According to B'Tselem, an Israeli rights group, 235 children and teenagers have been killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank from October 2023 to June 2026, with an average of seven killed per month since then. This is significantly higher than the average of one child or teenager killed per month between 2005 and 2021. The Israeli military has defended its actions, claiming soldiers responded to stone-throwing incidents, but witnesses have reported indiscriminate firing and deaths of young children. The article highlights the emotional toll on families, with mothers like Alia al-Hallaq, who lost her nine-year-old son Mohammed, struggling to accept the loss and seeking justice for their children.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/after-settlers-expelled-west-bank-palestinians-israels-top-court-asks",
        "published": "2026-08-30T11:48:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "Israeli forces seal West Bank village for more than 20 hours as settler violence escalates",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/israeli-forces-seal-west-bank-village-for-more-than-20-hours-as",
        "published": "2026-08-30T15:07:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "3 NBC journalists, Palestinian woman attacked by Israeli settlers in West Bank",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/3-nbc-journalists-palestinian-woman-attacked-by-israeli-settlers-in",
        "published": "2026-08-30T16:17:09.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}