Child killing Israeli machine “alarms” UN 

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
international body, Israel has once again escaped any punitive measures as the West continues to shield the regime from its victims facing
appalled by the unprovoked Israeli attack on the besieged Gaza Strip last week that triggered a three-day battle with the Palestinian
5 to 7 and murdered another two on August 9 during military raids in the occupied West Bank.The UN Human Rights Office added it has verified
that among the 48 Palestinians Israel killed from August 5 to 7, there were at least 22 civilians, including 17 children and four women
Launching an attack which may be expected to incidentally kill or injure civilians, or damage civilian objects, in a disproportionate manner
to the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated, is prohibited
in Gaza, tensions remain very high in the occupied West Bank, where the regime is conducting deadly military raids across the occupied
increase in Palestinian fatalities in 2022
The UN Human Rights Office in the occupied West Bank has documented the killing of 74 Palestinians, including 20 children so far this
Bachelet added.The High Commissioner has called for prompt, independent, impartial, thorough, and transparent investigations into all
The utmost restraint is necessary to prevent further bloodshed, including by ensuring that firearms are used strictly in compliance with
following its attack on the Gaza Strip from 5th to 7th August, as has been widely documented by organizations, rights groups, and the
media.Alaa Qaddoum was among the first casualties following Israel's unprovoked decision to launch air raids on the besieged Gaza Strip
She died on 5 August while she was playing with friends outside her home in the Shujaiya neighborhood in the northern Gaza Strip
Her seven-year-old brother and father were injured in the strike.Momen al-Nairab, five, was killed in an Israeli attack on the Jabalia
refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip
The camp is one of the most densely populated places on Earth and houses more than 114,000 people.According to documentation collected by
Defence for Children International, Hazem Salem, nine, was among the four children in an explosion in the Jabalia refugee camp.Ahmed
al-Nairab, 11, was among the four children killed when Israeli warplanes are believed to have struck the Jabalia refugee camp.Ahmed
al-Farram, 16, was also killed when suspected Israeli warplanes struck the Jabalia refugee camp
According to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), the camp suffers from high unemployment, regular electricity cuts, and a
contaminated water supply.Fatma Ubaid, 15, was among nine children killed in the space of 30 minutes, shortly before the ceasefire was
announced
Ubaid was killed in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip.An Israeli air strike on the Bureij refugee camp killed Yasser al-Nabahin and his
three children, Muhammed al-Nabahin, 13; Ahmed al-Nabahin, nine; and their sister, Dalia al-Nabahin, 13.Muhammed Hassouna, 14, was killed
when an Israeli air strike targeted his home in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip
Adeeb Ahmad, an eyewitness to the attack, told the media that at least eight people were killed in the raid
"The house was hit without any prior notice," Ahmad said
"Homes are overcrowded here, housing seven to eight people each, and they are so close to each other, so when one house is hit several
houses around it are impacted."A suspected Israeli air strike on the Falluja cemetery in northern Gaza killed five boys as they sat near a
grave
Eyewitness Mohammad Sami told the media that four of the boys were cousins and the fifth was their friend.Jamil Nijm was the youngest child
to be killed during Israel's offensive on the Gaza Strip
He was only four years old.Jamil Ihab Nijm, 13, was the fourth child from the Nijm family to be killed in the suspected air strike.Nazmi
Abukarsh, 16, a friend of the Nijm boys, was killed in what is believed to have been an Israeli air strike on the graveyard.Hanin Abuqaida,
ten, was injured in an air strike on the Jabalia refugee camp on Sunday but succumbed to her wounds on Monday
She was ten years old.Layan al-Shaer died on 11 August after succumbing to her wounds
The ten-year-old from Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip, was transferred to hospital on 9 August as her medical condition worsened
due to an injury to the head sustained in the ruthless Israeli bombing campaign.