More than 1,500 children killed by Israeli forces | | AIC - "Marking the occasion of Palestinian Children Day on April 5, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) stated Thursday in a press release that in 2013 there were 2.08 million Palestinian children under the age of 18, constituting 47.1 percent of the total population in Palestine. The Palestinian Minister of Social Affairs, Kamal al-Sharafi, added that since the outbreak of the Second Intifada in October 2000, Israeli forces have killed over 1,500 Palestinian children. Al-Sharifi also said that more than 10,000 children were arrested during this period" [ry] | 8/4/2014 |