Remember These Children by American Educational Trust

A joint project of: A joint

American Educational Trust

Americans for Middle East Understanding Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions

Americans for East Understanding Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions

The Parents Circle –Bereaved Families Forum

The Circle –Bereaved Families Forum

A supplement to the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs

In memory of RACHEL CORRIE, 23, OF OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON, U.S.A.,

killed by an IDF bulldozer March 16, 2003, as she nonviolently tried to prevent it from demolishing the home of a Palestinian doctor in Rafah refugee camp, Gaza.

“ I really can’t believe that something like this can happen in the world without a bigger outcry about it.... This has to stop. I think it is a good idea for us all to drop everything and devote our lives to making this stop.”

—Rachel Corrie, an International Solidarity Movement volunteer, in a February 7, 2003 e-mail message from Rafah to her parents, Craig and Cindy Corrie.

DEFINITION OF TERMS

IDF: Israel Defense Forces, the overarching name for Israel’s state military branches, including the army, navy and air force.

SETTLEMENT: A colony for Jews only built in Palestinian lands occupied by Israel since 1967, and declared illegal by United Nations resolutions.

SETTLER: A resident of an Israeli settlement.

REFUGEECAMP: AUnitedNations-administeredcampfor registered Palestinianrefugeesfromthe1947-8and1967wars.

INCURSION: AnIsraelimilitaryoperationintoPalestinian-administered areasdesignatedasAreaAunderthe1993Osloaccords.

CHILDREN’S NAMES: Sources generally report an Israeli child’s given and family name, while Palestinian children fre-

quently are reported with four names due to the signiﬁcance of these names in Arab culture.

Because Palestinian names indicate a child’s paternal lineage, four names are reported here, whenever possible, for each Palestinian child: the ﬁrst is the child’s given name, the second the father’s name, and the third the paternal grandfather’s name. The fourth, when reported, is usually the family name, but in some cases may be the name of the child’s paternal greatgrandfather. These four names not only locate the child historically, and many times physically, but also indicate that the reporting source is a more reliable one.

PLACE NAMES: Unless otherwise speciﬁed, cities, towns and settlements are located in the West Bank. Gaza refers to the Gaza Strip.

INTRODUCTION

IN ANY CONFLICT, the death of innocent noncombatants is deplorable, and lamented by all. It is the death of children, however, that troubles us the most, for children are seen to be innocent in a way adults are not.

From September 29, 2000, when the current Palestinian intifada erupted, through March 27, 2007, at least 927 Palestinian and 118 Israeli youths under the age of 18 were killed in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. Thousands more have been injured, many permanently.

Remember These Children lists each of these 1,045 deaths. Arranged chronologically by date of death, each entry includes the child’s name, hometown, how the child was killed and, where available, the nature of the fatal injury. The documentation, though painful, conveys the personal reality of these terrible statistics. The waste of human life— of hope and future promise—is almost too great to contemplate.

Too many of these children died in the course of what should have been normal childhood pleasures—playing soccer, eating pizza, shopping for candy, or going to or from school. Others were at home, looking out their window, eating dinner or playing in their front yard.

Even infants and the unborn have not been spared. In two days in February 2002, three pregnant women were shot: two Palestinian women trying to pass the same Israeli checkpoint to reach the hospital in Nablus, and an Israeli woman in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc. According to a September 2005 report by the Palestinian Ministry of Health, theUnitedNationsPopulationFund(UNFPA), UNRWA and the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 68 pregnant Palestinian women had to give birth at Israeli checkpoints since the beginning of the current intifada, leading to 34 miscarriages and the deaths of four women.

Fewofthechildrenonthesepagespresentedadangertotheirkillers,whetherthe latterwereIsraelisoldiersorPalestinianmil-

itants.We extendourdeepestsympathytothe familiesofeverychildwhohasbeenkilled.

Whileitisnotpossibletoreclaimthese liveslosttotheirfamiliesandtotheworld,it isallthemoreimperativetoensurethatno morePalestinian and Israelichildrenmeeta similarfate.Norisitsufﬁcientsimplytokeep theseimperiledchildrenalive.Manyaresufferingpsychologicaltrauma,and,accordingto ShaﬁkMasalha,aclinicalpsychologistatTel AvivUniversity,some15percentofPalestinianchildrensaytheywanttobecome‘martyrs.’“Ibelievethatthemotivesaretheterriblelivesthatthechildrenlivedaily,”Masalha said.“ThisshouldbeawarningnotonlytoIsraelibutalsotoPalestiniansociety[about] whattheyaredoingtothenextgeneration.”

We ask you to add your voice to the call for an end to the killing of children, for a just peace in the region, for a fair resolution to the Palestinian-Israeli conﬂict. You might wish to call for an end to Israel’s illegal occupation since 1967 of land acquired by force. Or you might invoke international law, U.N. resolutions or the Geneva Conventions. At the very least you might wish to support the de-

ployment of international observers in the region. We are conﬁdent that, in your own way, you will want to help save these children whom the world appears to have forsaken.

American Educational Trust

Americans for Middle East Understanding

The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, Jerusalem

The Parents Circle –Bereaved Families Forum

SOURCES

Every effort has been made to obtain accurate, veriﬁable data for this publication by comparing reports from a number of major news agencies, national and local media, human rights organizations and ofﬁcial sources, including:

Addameer: Prisoner’s Rights and Support Group

B’Tselem: the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories

Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Jerusalem Media and Communications Center

LAW: the Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment

Palestinian Center for Human Rights

Palestinian State Information Service

Updated March 27, 2007

POTTED FLOWERS and a portrait adorn the desk of Shaima Said Hamad at her school in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Israeli soldiers in the Rafah refugee camp near the Egyptian border shot the 11-year-old girl in the head and she died of her wounds March 17, 2002.

AFP

PHOTO/MOHAMMED SABER

September 2000

30 MUHAMMAD JAMAL MUHAMMADAL-DURRAH, 12, of Bureij refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen and chest as his father tried to protect him during a demonstration at Netzarim Junction.

NIZAR MAHMOUD HASAN AIDA, 16, of Deir Ammar refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during a demonstration at Ayosh Junction.

KHALED ADLI BASSEMAL-BAZYAN, 14, of Nablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen during a demonstration on the Nablus-Ramallah road.

October 2000

1 MUHAMMAD NABIL DAOUD HAMADAL-ABASI, 16, of al-Bireh, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during a demonstration at Ayosh Junction.

SARA ABDUL-AZIM ABDUL-HAQ HASAN, 18 MONTHS, of Sarah, near Salﬁt, killed by Israeli settler gunﬁre to her head while riding with her father in a car.

SAMER SAMIR SUDKI TABANJA, 12, of Nablus, killed by IDF helicopter gunﬁre to his head while watching a demonstration.

SAMI FATHI MUHAMMADAL-TARAMSI, 17, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during a demonstration at Netzarim Junction.

HUSSAM NAIM HASAN BAKHIT, 17, of Balata refugee camp, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre to his head while watching a demonstration.

IYAD AHMADAL-KHASHISHI, 16, of Nablus, died of chest wounds sustained Sept. 30 from IDF gunﬁre while at a demonstration on the Nablus-Ramallah road.

WAEL TAYSEER MUHAMMAD QATAWI, 14, of Balata refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest.

3 HUSSAM MAHMOUD ISMAELAL-HAMSHARI, 15, ofTulkarm, died of head wounds sustained Oct. 1 from IDF gunﬁre during a demonstration.

AMR KAHLIL MUSTAFAAL-RIFAI, 17, of Maghazi refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head and chest during a demonstration at Netzarim Junction.

4 MUHAMMAD YOUSEF ZAYDABU-ASI, 13, of Bani Suheila, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head, chest and back during a demonstration at Netzarim Junction.

MAJDI SAMIR MUSAAL-MISILMANI, 15, of Beit Hanina, near Jerusalem, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during a demonstration. MUHAMMAD KHALED MAHMOUD TAMMAM, 17, ofTulkarm, killed by IDF shelling to his chest.

10 ASEEL HASSAN ASLEH, 17, ofAraba, near Nazareth, Palestinian with Israeli citizenship and an active Seeds of Peace participant, killed by Israeli police gunﬁre to his neck at close range while at a demonstration near his village.

11 SAMI HASAN SALIM SILMI SALAMA, 17, ofTulkarm, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest.

12 SAMI FATHI ABDALLAHABU-JAZAR, 12, of Rafah, Gaza, died of head wounds sustained Oct. 10 from IDF gunﬁre during a demonstration.

16 MUAYAD USAMA ALIAL-JAWARISH, 14, of Aida refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest and abdomen while on the way to school.

20 MUHAMMAD ADEL HASANABU-TAHUN, 15, ofTulkarm, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head and chest during a demonstration.

SAMER TALALAL-AWAISI, 16, of Qalqilya, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during a demonstration.

October 2000 October 2000

“ Death comes every day to Gaza—but it is not the death of the old and frail that makes the Palestinian refugee cemeteries such pitiful places. It is the death of young children. ”

—Jamal al-Durrah, father of Muhammad, ﬁrst Palestinian child killed September 30, 2000, in the current intifada, to The Mirror, January 11, 2001.

20 ALA BASSAM ABDULLAH BANI-NIMRA, 13, of Salﬁt, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during a demonstration.

THAER ALI DAOUD OMAR MUALA, 17, Amari refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during a demonstration at Ayosh Junction.

21 OMAR ISMAEL OMARAL-BUHISI, 16, of Deir al-Balah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during a demonstration near the Kfar Darom settlement.

MAJID IBRAHIM HASAN HAWAMDEH, 15, of al-Bireh, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during a demonstration.

22 SALAHALDEEN FAWZI AHMADAL-NIJMI, 15, of Maghazi refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during a demonstration near the Kfar Darom settlement.

WAEL MAHMOUD IMADAL-NASHEET, 12, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by an IDF rubber-coated bullet to his head during a demonstration near the Erez industrial zone.

23 ASHRAF AHMAD ABDUL-MAJIDAL-HABAYEB, 15, of Askar refugee camp, died of head wounds sustained Oct. 16 from IDF gunﬁre during a demonstration.

SAED ADNAN ABDULLAHAL-TAMBOUR, 17, of Nablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head while picking olives.

24 NIDAL MUHAMMAD ZUHDIAL-DBEIKI, 16, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen during a demonstration near the Erez industrial zone.

IYAD USAMA TAHER SHATH, 13, of Khan Younis, killed by an IDF rubbercoated bullet to his head during a demonstration.

ALA MUHAMMAD ABDUL-RAHMAN MAHFUZAL-JAWABRA, 14, of Aroob refugee camp, died of head wounds sustained Oct. 6 from IDF gunﬁre while on the terrace of his home one hour after injuring an Israeli soldier with a stone.

27 BASHIR SALEH MUSA SHALAWIT, 16, of Qalqilya, deaf, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen during a demonstration.

29 HUSNI IBRAHIM HASANAL-NAJJAR, 17, of Rafah refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during a demonstration.

31 THAER IBRAHIM SHALSHAL-ZAYD, 17, of Jalazoun refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen during a demonstration at Ayosh Junction.

SCHOOLCHILDREN MAKE their way home through the debris of destroyed graves at the Sheikh Radwan cemetery in Gaza City December 10, 2001. Dozens of graves were destroyed when Israeli ﬁghter jets bombed the Palestinian Authority preventive security building (in background) December 4, killing one police ofﬁcer and wounding several schoolchildren.

November 2000 November 2000

AHMAD SALMAN IBRAHIMABU-TAYEH, 13, of Shati refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during a demonstration at the Karni checkpoint.

MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM MUHAMMADAL-HAJJAJ, 14, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head and chest during a demonstration at the Karni checkpoint.

IBRAHIM RIZIQ MARZUQ OMAR, 15, of Shati refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during a demonstration at the Karni checkpoint.

2 KHALED MUHAMMAD AHMEDAL-KATIB, 17, of Hazma, near Jerusalem, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen during a demonstration.

YAZEN MUHAMMAD EISAAL-HALIQA, 17, of al-Khader, near Bethlehem, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head and chest during a demonstration.

RAMI AHMAD ABDUL-FATTAH MUTAWE, 15, of Hazma, near Jerusalem, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen during a demonstration.

4 HIND NIDAL JAMIL QAUIDER, 23 DAYS, of Hebron, killed by IDF gas.

5 MAHER MUHAMMAD IBRAHIMAL-SUEDY, 16, of Bureij refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during a demonstration.

6 WAJDI ALAMAL-HATTAB, 15, ofTulkarm, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during a demonstration.

MUHAMMAD NAWAF HAMADAL-TABAN, 17, of al-Zawaida, near Deir al-Balah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his back during a demonstration near the Kfar Darom settlement.

7 AHMAD AMINAL-KHUFFASH, 7, of Murda, near Salﬁt, killed by an Israeli settler vehicle.

8 IBRAHIM FUAD RIZIQAL-QASAS, 16, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during a a demonstration near the Tufah checkpoint.

MUHAMMAD MUSBAH ISMAELABU-GHALI, 16, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during a demonstration near the Tufah checkpoint.

KHALED FAYEZ SULEIMANABU-ZAHRA, 17, of Nur al-Shams refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest and abdomen.

RAED ABDUL-MAJED MUHAMMAD DAOUD, 14, of Hares, near Salﬁt, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen during a demonstration.

FARES FAYQ ODEH, 14, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head while throwing stones near the Karni checkpoint.

USAMA MAZEN SALIM AZOUKA, 14, of Jenin, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during a demonstration.

USAMA SAMIR ABDUL-NABIAL-JIRJAWI, 17, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during a demonstration near the Karni checkpoint.

MUSA IBRAHIM MUSAAL-DIBS, 15, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during a demonstration near the Erez industrial zone.

BASEL HUSSEINABU-QAMER, 15, of Jabalya, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre during a demonstration near the Erez industrial zone.

12 MAHMOUD NAFEZABU-NAJI, 15, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during a demonstration.

14 MUHAMMAD KHATER MUHAMMADAL-AJLA, 13, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during a demonstration near the Karni checkpoint.

SABER KHAMISAL-BARASH, 15, of Amari refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during a demonstration near the Ayosh Junction.

15 JADOU MANEH JADOUABUL-KABASH, 16, of al-Samu, near Hebron, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen during a demonstration.

November 2000

15 AHMAD SAMIR BASAL, 15, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during a demonstration near the Karni checkpoint.

IBRAHIM ABDUL-RAUFAL-JUEDY, 17, of Qalqilya, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest and abdomen during a demonstration.

MUHAMMAD NASR MUHAMMADAL-SHURAFI, 17, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during a demonstration near the Karni checkpoint.

JIHAD SUHEIL SULEIMANABU-SHAHMEH, 13, of Khan Younis, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during a demonstration near the Tufah checkpoint.

17 MUHAMMAD ABDUL-JALILABU-RAYAN, 17, of Halhoul, near Hebron, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during a demonstration on Route 60.

ABDUL-RAHMAN ZIADAL-DAHSHAN, 14, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during a demonstration at the Karni checkpoint.

20 IBRAHIM AHMAD HASAN OTHMAN, 16, of Rafah refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest.

21 YASER TALEB MUHAMMADAL-NABTITI, 16, of Tulkarm, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during a demonstration.

22 IBRAHIM HASANAL-MUQANAN, 15, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during a demonstration.

23 MARAM IMAD AHMAD HASOUNA, 3, of al-Bireh, killed by IDF gas near her home.

24 MAJDI ALI ABED, 15, of Gaza City, died of head wounds sustained Nov. 17 from IDF gunﬁre during a demonstration near the Karni checkpoint.

AYSAR MUHAMMAD SADIQ HASIS, 15, of al-Jalameh, near Jenin, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during a demonstration.

25 ABDUL-MINEM MUHAMMAD IZALDEENAL-BOSTA, 17, of Araba, near Jenin, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during a demonstration.

26 MAHDI QASEM JABER, 17, of Qalqilya, killed by IDF gunﬁre during a demonstration.

“ You don’t shoot a child who is 12 or younger…Twelve and up is allowed. He’s not a child anymore, he’s already after his bar mitzvah. Something like that. ”

—Israeli sharpshooter, to Amira Hass, Ha’aretz, November 20, 2000.

A PALESTINIAN BOY ﬂashes the peace sign in front of Israeli soldiers during a demonstration outside a house seized by the Israeli army in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, near Ramallah, July 27, 2001. Israeli tanks shelled Palestinian security posts near Ramallah earlier in the day, shortly after an Israeli boy, 17-year-old Ronen Landau, was killed near the West Bank settlement of Givat Zeev, north of Jerusalem.

November 2000

26 MUHAMMAD MANSUR NASRABU-ADWAN, 16, of Qalqilya, killed by IDF gunﬁre during a demonstration.

28 KARAM FATHI SHEHADAAL-KURD, 14, of Rafah, Gaza, died of head wounds sustained Nov. 23 from IDF gunﬁre during a demonstration near the Rafah border crossing with Egypt.

29 MUHAMMAD MUHAMMAD ABDALLAHAL-MASHRAWI, 14, of Gaza City, died of head wounds sustained Nov. 26 from IDF gunﬁre during a demonstration near the Karni checkpoint.

30 SHADI AHMAD HASAN ZHOUL, 14, of Husan, near Bethlehem, killed by an Israeli settler vehicle while walking to school.

WALID MUHAMMAD AHMADAL-BADAN, 17, ofTaqou, near Bethlehem, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during a demonstration near the Tekoa settlement.

December

2000

December 2000

1 MUHAMMAD SALEH MUHAMMADAL-ARJA, 12, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by Israeli sniper ﬁre to his head near the Rafah boder crossing.

MEDHAT MUHAMMAD SUBHI JADALLAH, 14, of Shati refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during a demonstration.

5 RAMZI ADEL MUHAMMAD BAYATNAH, 15, of Abu Qash, near Ramallah, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during a demonstration near the Ayosh Junction.

7 ZUHAIR MUSTAFA ALIAL-HATTAB, 17, of Gaza City, died of head wounds sustained Nov. 20 from IDF gunﬁre during a demonstration near the Karni checkpoint.

8 OMAR SAMIR ABDUL-HAMIDAL-MASHNI, 16, of Beit Our al-Tahta, near Ramallah, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during a demonstration following Friday prayers at Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque.

MUTAZ AZMI ISMAEL TEILAKH, 16, of Dheisheh refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during a demonstration.

9 SALIM MUHAMMAD SALIMAL-HAMEIDA, 13, of Rafah, Gaza, died of head wounds sustained Dec. 5 from IDF gunﬁre near the Rafah border crossing.

11 AHMAD ALI DARWISHAL-QAWASMA, 14, of Hebron, died of head wounds sustained Dec. 8 from IDF gunﬁre at close range during clashes.

15 MUHAMMAD FAROUQ DAOUD, 17, of Harres, near Salﬁt, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest while throwing stones near the village checkpoint.

20 HANI YOUSEF HAMIDAL-SUFI, 14, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling to his head while trying to block the passage of tanks and a bulldozer.

22 ARAFAT MUHAMMAD ALIAL-JABARIN, 16, of Sair, near Hebron, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head while throwing stones in Beit Einun.

31 MATH AHMAD MUHAMMADABU-HADWAN, 11, of Hebron, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head in Tel Rumeida.

ABDUL-RAHMAN KHALED HAMMOUDA KHBEISH, 4, of Balata refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head.

January 2001

7 OBEISIINFANTGIRL, of Nablus, died at an IDF checkpoint when her mother was prevented from crossing to reach the hospital.

14 OMAR FAROUQ KHALED, 11, of al-Bireh, died of head wounds sustained Jan. 7 from IDF gunﬁre during a demonstration.

January 2001

17 OFIR RAHUM, 16, of Ashkelon, killed by Palestinian gunfire in al-Birah after being led to believe he was meeting an Internet acquaintance.

February 2001

January 2001

21MUHAMMAD SHARIF MUHAMMADAL-SHARIF, 15, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during a demonstration at the Karni checkpoint.

24 SAFWAT ISAM MUSTAFA QISHTA, 17, of Rafah refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling to his chest near the Gush Katif settlement.

February 2001

3 ISA IBRAHIMAL-AMUR, 14, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre near his school next to the Kfar Darom settlement.

9 AHMAD ABDUL-RIZIQ ABED-RABOABU-HULI, 15, of Deir al-Balah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen from close range near the Kfar Darom settlement.

13 BILAL TAWFIQ AWAD RAMADAN, 14, of Bureij refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during a demonstration near Netzarim Junction.

26 HUSSAM IMAD ABEDAL-DEESI, 15, of Kalandya refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen while throwing stones.

March 2001

2 UBAY MUHAMMAD MAHMOUD DARRAJ, 9, of al-Bireh, killed by IDF shelling to his abdomen while in his home near the Psagot settlement. MUHAMMAD MAHMOUD HELS, 13, of Gaza City, died of wounds sustained Feb. 27 from IDF gunﬁre while throwing stones at the Karni checkpoint.

14 MURTAJA ABDUL-LATIF MAHMOUD AMR, 17, of Qalqilya, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during a demonstration.

“ All we have are our children. Our children are our land and our lives, and we’d do anything to protect them…Our people have struggled and we are tired. We just want to live and we want our children to live. But our children keep dying. ”

—Mother of Muhammad al-Abasi, 16, killed October 1, 2000, to Wendy Pearlman, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, May 2002.

PALESTINIAN CHILDREN gather around the body of 8-year-old Ali Ghreiz during his funeral in the southern Gaza Strip refugee camp of Rafah January 27, 2003. Ghreiz was killed the previous night in IDF shelling of the camp.

March 2001

17 MUHAMMAD ISMAEL HASHEM NASR, 10, of Dahyet al-Bareed, near Jerusalem, killed by Israeli settlers.

26 SHALHEVET TEHIYA PASS, 10 MONTHS, of Avraham Avinu settlement, killed by Palestinian sniper fire in the settlement playground.

28 NAFTALI LANZKORN, 13, of Petah Tikva, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the Mifgash Hashalom gas station next to the Sdei Hemed moshav near Kfar Saba.

ELIRAN ROSENBERG-ZAYAT, 15, of Givat Shmuel, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the Mifgash Hashalom gas station next to the Sdei Hemed moshav near Kfar Saba.

April 2001

23 ISRA AHMAD, 11, of Nablus, died at an IDF checkpoint when she was prevented from reaching a hospital.

27 MAHMOUD ISMAELAL-DARWISH, 11, of Dura, near Hebron, killed by IDF shelling to his chest.

28 YEHYA FATHI MUHAMMADAL-SHEIKH EID, 12, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling to his face, neck and abdomen.

29 MAHMOUD KHALED HASANABU-SHEHADEH, 16, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during a demonstration near the Erez industrial zone.

30 AHMAD MAHMOUDABU-MARAHIL, 16, of Balata refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen during a demonstration.

April 2001

1 L UAY M UHAMMAD H USSEINAL -TAMIMI , 12, of Deir Nezam, near Ramallah, died of head wounds sustained March 14 from IDF gunﬁre during clashes.

5 AHMAD MAHMOUD MUSAAL-ASAR, 16, of Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during a demonstration at Netzarim Junction.

11 MAHMOUD KAHLIL MUHAMMAD BARAKAT, 15, of Shati refugee camp, Gaza, died of head wounds sustained April 6 from IDF gunﬁre during a demonstration at the Karni checkpoint.

12 SHAWQAT SADI HASANAL-ALAMI, 14, of Beit Omar, near Hebron, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his neck while in a ﬁeld during an incursion.

17 BARA JALAL MAHMOUDAL-SHAER, 10, of Rafah refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head while near his home.

HAMZA KHADAR RIZIQ OBEID, 14, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest while throwing stones near the Karni checkpoint.

RAMI YEHYA IBRAHIM MUSA GHARIB, 16, of al-Khader, near Bethlehem, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest.

23 MUHANAD NIZAR MUHAREB, 12, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head.

May 2001

9 YOSEF ISHRAN, 14, of Tekoa settlement, killed by Palestinian stoning and left in a cave near the settlement.

YACOV MANDELL, 14, of Tekoa settlement, killed by Palestinian stoning and left in a cave near the settlement.

May 2001

7 IMAN MUHAMMADAL-HAJU, 4 MONTHS, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling while in her mother’s arms.

8 HASHEMAL-MAMLOUK, 16, of Gaza City, died of head wounds sustained May 4 from IDF gunﬁre during a demonstration at Karni checkpoint.

11 HUSSAM FAWAZ SHABAN TAFESH, 16, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during a demonstration at the Karni checkpoint.

15 MUHAMMAD JIHAD ABED-RABOABU-JASER, 17, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during a demonstration near the Erez industrial zone.

16 MUHAMMAD HASANAL-SALIM, 14, of Bureij refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF sniper ﬁre to his back during a demonstration at Netzarim Junction.

24 ALA ADEL YOUSEFAL-BUJI, 15, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest near the Rafah Yam settlement.

31 AHMAD SALEH SALEMAL-KHITIB, 17, of Hazma, near Jerusalem, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head.

June 2001

MARINA BERKOVIZKI, 17, ofTel Aviv, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the entrance to the Dolphinarium disco.

ANYA KAZACHKOV, 16, of Holon, near Tel Aviv, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the entrance to the Dolphinarium disco.

KATHERINE KASTANIYADA-TALKIR, 15, of Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the entrance to the Dolphinarium disco.

MARIANA MEDVEDENKO, 16, ofTel Aviv, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the entrance to the Dolphinarium disco.

IRINA NEPOMNESCHI, 16, of Bat Yam, near Tel Aviv, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the entrance to the Dolphinarium disco.

YULIA NELIMOV, 16, ofTel Aviv, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the entrance to the Dolphinarium disco.

RAISA NIMROVSKY, 15, of Netanya, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the entrance to the Dolphinarium disco.

LIANA SAKIYAN, 16, ofTel Aviv, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the entrance to the Dolphinarium disco.

MARIA TAGILCHEV, 14, of Netanya, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the entrance to the Dolphinarium disco.

2 YAEL-YULIA SKLIANIK, 15, of Holon, near Tel Aviv, died of wounds sustained June 1 from a Palestinian suicide bombing at the entrance to the Dolphinarium disco.

11 YEHUDA HAIM SHOHAM, 5 MONTHS, of Shilo settlement, died of head wounds sustained on June 6 from Palestinian stoning while riding in a car near Shilo Junction.

19 YEVGENIA DORFMAN, 15, of Bat Yam, near Tel Aviv, died of wounds sustained June 1 from a Palestinian suicide bombing at the entrance to the Dolphinarium disco.

June 2001

“ For me, to end the war means to understand that all bloods are equal…that sophisticated rockets and homemade bombs kill just the same, and that it takes so little to kill a child and so much to keep her alive. ”

—Dr. Nurit Peled-Elhanan, mother of Smadar Elhanan, 13, killed September 1997 in a suicide bombing in Jerusalem.

9 HIKMAT ATALLAHAL-MALALHA, 17, of al-Maghraqa, near Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling.

16 SULEIMAN SAMIAL-MASRI, 12, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his back.

17 ALI MURAD ABDUL-RAHMANABU-SHAWISH, 11, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his back during a demonstration near the Ganei Tal settlement.

18 ADEL HUSSEIN ADELAL-MUQANAN, 16, of Khan Younis, Gaza, died of injuries sustained June 17 from IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen during a demonstration near the Ganei Tal settlement.

26MAHMOUD MUSTAFA IMTEIR, 17, of Kalandya refugee camp, died of head wounds sustained Dec. 22 from IDF gunﬁre during a demonstration at the Kalandya checkpoint.

AN ISRAELI policewoman carries a baby to safety at the scene of a suicide bomb attack in Jerusalem August 9, 2001. At least 17 people were killed and more than 80 injured when the blast ripped through a crowded Jerusalem street.

AFP PHOTO/EYAL WARSHAVSKY

26 RONEN LANDAU, 17, of Givat Zev settlement, killed by Palestinian gunfire while driving a car through al-Jib, near East Jerusalem.

August 2001

9ALIZA MALKA, 16, of Kibbutz Merav, Beit Shean, killed in a Palestinian drive-by shooting while riding in a car near the kibbutz entrance.

MICHAL RAZIEL, 16, of East Jerusalem, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the Sbarro restaurant at the corner of King George St. and Jaffa Rd. in Jerusalem.

MALKA ROTH, 15, of East Jerusalem, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the Sbarro restaurant at the corner of King George St. and Jaffa Rd. in Jerusalem.

AVRAHAM YITZHAK SCHIJVESCHUURDER, 4, of Neria settlement, killed, with his two sisters, by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the Sbarro restaurant at the corner of King George St. and Jaffa Rd. in Jerusalem.

HEMDA SCHIJVESCHUURDER, 2, of Neria settlement, killed, with her sister and brother, by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the Sbarro restaurant at the corner of King George St. and Jaffa Rd. in Jerusalem.

RAYA SCHIJVESCHUURDER, 14, of Neria settlement, killed, with her sister and brother, by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the Sbarro restaurant at the corner of King George St. and Jaffa Rd. in Jerusalem.

TAMARA SHIMASHVILI, 8, of West Jerusalem, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the Sbarro restaurant at the corner of King George St. and Jaffa Rd. in Jerusalem.

YOCHEVED SHUSHAN, 10, of West Jerusalem, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the Sbarro restaurant at the corner of King George St. and Jaffa Rd. in Jerusalem.

September 2001

July 2001

AHMAD MUHAMMAD ABDUL-MUTI YASIN, 15, of Gaza City, died of head wounds sustained June 29 from IDF gunﬁre during a demonstration near the Karni checkpoint.

4 MURAD JAMILAL-MASRI, 14, of Khan Younis, Gaza, died of head wounds sustained Dec. 8 from IDF gunﬁre.

KHALIL IBRAHIM MUHAMMADAL-MOGHRABI, 11, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF tank ﬁre to his head while playing with a friend near the border with Egypt.

19 DIYA MARWAN HILMIAL-TMEIZI, 3 MONTHS, of Ithna, near Hebron, killed, with her older brother, by Israeli settler gunﬁre to her head and back.

23 RIFAT SABERAL-NAHAL, 15, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head and chest while watching a demonstration.

31 ASHRAF KHALIL ABDUL-MINEM, 8, of al-Judeidah, near Jenin, killed, with his brother, in an IDF helicopter missile strike during a targeted assassination.

BILAL KHALIL ABDUL-MINEM, 10, of al-Judeidah, near Jenin, killed, with his brother, in an IDF helicopter missile strike during a targeted assassination.

August 2001

10 MUHAMMAD RAMADAN RAGEBAL-SAQA,17, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen while at a demonstration.

11 AZHAR SAID SHALAFA, 2, of Rafah, Gaza, died at an IDF checkpoint when her mother was prevented from taking her to the hospital.

12 SABREEN ABDUL-KARIMAL-JRAWIABU-SNEINEH, 10, of Hebron, killed by IDF shelling to her head while on the roof of her house.

19 MUHAMMAD SUBHIABU-ARRAR, 14, of Rafah refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF sniper ﬁre to his chest while playing in front of his home.

INAS SAMIRABU-ZEID, 5, of Rafah, Gaza, killed, with her brother, by IDF shelling.

SULEIMAN SAMIRABU-ZEID, 7, of Rafah, Gaza, killed, with his sister, by IDF shelling.

23 ABDALLAH ATATRAH, 3, of al-Tarm, near Jenin, died at an IDF checkpoint when the car carrying him was prevented from getting to the Yabad medical center after he fell into a swamp.

26 IBRAHIM MUHAMMAD HASAN SHARAF, 17, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling near the Gaza perimeter fence.

September 2001

3 IMAD ISAM MAHMOUDAL-BATASH, 17, of Hebron, killed by IDF shelling to his head while trying to rescue a trapped man.

7 KHALED ARAFATAL-BATASH, 2, of Hebron, killed by the IDF and Israeli settlers during a gas attack.

8 MUHAMMAD SAMIR SHEHADAABU-LIBDEH, 15, of Rafah refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen near his home.

12 BALQIS AHMAD TAWFIQAL-ARDA, 14, of Araba, near Jenin, killed by IDF shelling while in her home during a targeted assassination.

September 2001

14 RAMZI KAHLIL HASOUNAH, 16, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen during a demonstration near the Karni checkpoint.

IMAD ATTA QASEM ZUROB, 14, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen following a funeral.

23 SAFDIINFANT, STILLBORN, of Nablus, died at an IDF checkpoint after her mother was delayed getting access to medical care.

MAHMOUD JALAL SAID QISHTA, 16, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head.

27 MUAWIYA ALI AHMADAL-NAHAL, 14, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling to his chest near the border with Egypt.

MUHSIN FAHED ARRAR, 17, of Bani Zayd, near Ramallah, died of head and limbs wounds sustained Sept. 21 from IDF gunﬁre during a demonstration.

MAHMOUD ALI SUKAR, 15, of Dheisheh refugee camp, killed by Israeli border police gunﬁre to his chest during a demonstration.

MUHAMMAD FATHI YOUSEFAL-TARAYRA, 10, of Bani Naim, near Hebron, killed by IDF shelling to his back.

KHALIL YOUSEF IBRAHIM FAYYAD, 17, of Deir al-Balah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during a demonstration near the Kfar Darom settlement.

MAHMOUD KHAMIS HUSNIAL-SAWAF, 14, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during a demonstration near the Karni checkpoint.

“ I don’t know if many of the children here have ever existed without tank-shell holes in their walls and the towers of an occupying army surveying them constantly from the near horizons. I think, although I’m not entirely sure, that even the smallest of these children understand that life is not like this everywhere. ”

—Excerpts from a February 7, 2003 e-mail from Rachel Corrie to her family.

PALESTINIAN GIRLS walk home from school in front of an Israeli tank stationed on a street in the West Bank town of Nablus November 9, 2002. The Israeli military reoccupied most of the towns in the autonomous Palestinian West Bank that June, in an effort to curb Palestinian militant attacks.

October 2001

IBRAHIM NIZAR ABDUL-KHADER RAYAN, 17, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre during an armed clash.

7 ISAABU-TABEEKH, 17, of Hebron, died of a heart attack at an IDF checkpoint after he was denied access to medical care.

18 RIHAM NABIL YOUNIS ABUL-WARD, 10, of Jenin, killed by IDF gunﬁre to her head while in her classroom.

19 BASIL SALIM MUHAMMADAL-MUBASHER, 13, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by an IDF bomb in his yard.

20 YOUSEF MUHAMMAD ABAYAT, 15, of Beit Sahour, near Bethlehem, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during an incursion.

JOHNNY YOUSEF GEORGE THALJIA, 16, of Bethlehem, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head in front of the Church of the Nativity during an incursion.

21 AHMAD YOUSEF SULEIMANABU-MANDIL, 17, of Maghazi refugee camp, Gaza, died of abdominal wounds sustained Sept. 29 from IDF gunﬁre during an incursion.

23 NASR HANI QARAN, 14, of Qalqilya, died of chest and abdominal wounds sustained Oct. 22 from IDF gunﬁre during an incursion.

24 ABED-RABOINFANT, NEWBORN, of Bethlehem, died at an IDF checkpoint after its mother was denied access to medical care.

26 FUAD MUSTAFA FUADAL-DAHSHAN, 17, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre during an armed clash in the Dugit settlement.

November 2001

4 SHOSHANA BEN-ISHAI, 16, of Betar Illit settlement, killed by Palestinian gunfire while riding on Israeli bus No. 25 in the French Hill neighborhood of East Jerusalem.

MENASHE REGEV, 14, of West Jerusalem, killed by Palestinian gunfire while riding on Israeli bus No. 25 in the French Hill neighborhood of East Jerusalem.

November 2001

12 AHMAD ABEDABU-MUSTAFA, 13, of Khan Younis, Gaza, died of head wounds sustained Nov. 9 from IDF shelling near the Neve Dekalim settlement.

18 TAHER AFIF ZAYDAL-KILANI, 16, of Yabad, near Jenin, died of head wounds sustained Nov. 7 from IDF gunﬁre during an incursion.

22 AKRAM NAIM ABDUL-KARIMAL-ASTAL, 6, of Khan Younis refugee camp, Gaza, killed, with his brother and three cousins, by an IDF missile while on their way to school.

MUHAMMAD NAIM ABDUL-KARIMAL-ASTAL, 14, of Khan Younis refugee camp, Gaza, killed, with his brother and three cousins, by an IDF missile while on their way to school.

ANIS IDRIS MUHAMMADAL-ASTAL, 11, of Khan Younis refugee camp, Gaza, killed, with his brother and three cousins, by an IDF missile while on their way to school.

OMAR IDRIS MUHAMMADAL-ASTAL, 13, of Khan Younis refugee camp, Gaza, killed, with his brother and three cousins, by an IDF missile while on their way to school.

MUHAMMAD SULTANAL-ASTAL, 11, of Khan Younis refugee camp, Gaza, killed, with his four cousins, by an IDF missile while on their way to school.

23 WAEL ALI RADWAN, 15, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head while throwing stones.

25 KIFAH KHALED OBEID, 13, of Dheisheh refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest and abdomen during a demonstration.

December 2001

1 ASSAF AVITAN, 15, of West Jerusalem, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the Ben Yehuda pedestrian mall in West Jerusalem.

GOLAN TURGEMAN, 15, of West Jerusalem, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the Ben Yehuda pedestrian mall in West Jerusalem.

ISRAEL YAKOV DANINO, 17, of West Jerusalem, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the Ben Yehuda pedestrian mall in West Jerusalem.

ADAM WEINSTEIN, 14, of Givon Hahadasha settlement, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the Ben Yehuda pedestrian mall in West Jerusalem.

8 IDAN COHEN, 17, of West Jerusalem, died of wounds sustained Dec. 1 from a Palestinian suicide bombing at the Ben Yehuda pedestrian mall in West Jerusalem.

12 YAIR AMAR, 13, of Emmanuel settlement, killed by Palestinian gunfire while on Israeli bus No. 189 near the settlement entrance.

AVRAHAM NAHMAN NITZANI, 17, of Betar Illit settlement, killed by Palestinian gunfire while on Israeli bus No. 189 near the Emmanuel settlement entrance.

December 2001

1MUHAMMAD RATEBABU-SHAHLA, 12, of Jenin, killed by IDF shelling to his head.

JIHAD HAMDIAL-MASRI, 17, of Beit Lahya, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre after allegedly shooting at settlers near the Alei Sinai settlement.

4 MUHAMMAD MAHMOUDABU-MARSA, 15, of Shati refugee camp, Gaza, killed in IDF airstrike while on the way home from school.

NASR KHALED QIZMAR, 8 MONTHS, of Qalqilya, died at an IDF checkpoint after being denied access to medical care.

10 SHADI AHMAD ABDUL-MOTI ARAFEH, 13, of Hebron, killed in an IDF helicopter missile strike during a targeted assassination.

BURHAN MUHAMMAD IBRAHIMAL-HIMUNI, 3, of Hebron, killed in an IDF helicopter missile strike during a targeted assassination.

MUHAMMAD ZAKIN, 8 HOURS, of Yamoun, near Jenin, died at an IDF checkpoint after his mother was denied access to medical care.

SAIDINFANT, STILLBORN, ofYamoun, near Jenin, died at an IDF checkpoint after his mother was denied access to medical care.

13 AHMAD KHAMISAL-MASRI, 17, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre to his chest and limbs following a funeral.

RAMI SALAHALDEEN MUHAMMAD ZUROB, 13, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre to his head while playing in front of his house.

15 MAHMOUD MUHAMMAD AHMAD, 17, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre to his head during an incursion.

YOUSEF SHAWQIAL-NAJJAR, 11, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre to his head during an incursion.

16 SULEIMANABU-HASAN, NEWBORN, ofYamoun, near Jenin, died at an IDF checkpoint after his mother was denied access to medical care.

YASER SAMIAL-KUSBA, 11, of Kalandya, died of head wounds sustained Dec. 8 from an IDF rubber-coated bullet ﬁred at close range during a demonstration.

17 MUHAMMAD JUMAN MAHMOUD HUNAYDEK,15, ofKhan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre to his chest while playing with a toy gun.

30 MUHAMMAD ABDUL-RAHMAN AHMADAL-MADHOUN, 16, of Gaza City, killed by IDF shelling.

MUHAMMAD AHMAD MAHMOUD LABAD, 17, of Gaza City, killed by IDF shelling.

AHMAD MUHAMMAD HASAN BANAT, 15, of Gaza City, killed by IDF shelling.

January 2002

17 MUHAMMAD ALI SAID JAWDA, 17, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling to his head and limbs during an incursion.

25 SAMER SAMI ALIAL-KUSBA, 15, of Kalandya refugee camp, died of headwoundssustainedJan.19fromIDFgunﬁreduringa demonstration.

27 SAFWAT ABDUL-RAHMAN KHALIL, 17, of Nablus, killed by an IDF bomb.

30 TAMER MUHAMMAD HASAN KASHOUR, 17, of East Jerusalem, died of head wounds sustained Jan. 25 from IDF gunﬁre during a demonstration.

February 2002

YAEL OHANA, 11, of Hamra settlement, killed, with her mother, by Palestinian gunfire while in her home.

16 NEHEMIA AMAR, 15, of Karnei Shomron settlement, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber while eating pizza in the settlement mall.

KEREN SHATZKY, 15, of Karnei Shomron settlement, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber while eating pizza in the settlement mall.

February 2002

1 LUAY AHMAD MUSAAL-ADILI, 16, of Osreen, near Nablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head while throwing stones.

6 FADI TAYSEERAL-AZAZI, 16, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling to his chest.

RACHEL THALER, 16, of Ginot Shomron settlement, died of wounds sustained Feb. 16 from a Palestinian suicide bombing while eating pizza in the Karnei Shomron settlement mall.

March 2002

2 YAKOV AVRAHAM ELIYAHU, 7 MONTHS, of West Jerusalem, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber in the Beit Yisrael neighborhood during a bar mitzvah.

LIDOR ILAN, 12, of Rishon Lezion, near Tel Aviv, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber in the Beit Yisrael neighborhood during a bar mitzvah.

ORIAH ILAN, 18 MONTHS, of Rishon Lezion, near Tel Aviv, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber in the Beit Yisrael neighborhood during a bar mitzvah.

LIRAN NEHMAD, 3, of Rishon Lezion, near Tel Aviv, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber in the Beit Yisrael neighborhood during a bar mitzvah.

SHAUL NEHMAD, 15, of Rishon Lezion, near Tel Aviv, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber in the Beit Yisrael neighborhood during a bar mitzvah.

SHIRAZ NEHMAD, 7, of Rishon Lezion, near Tel Aviv, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber in the Beit Yisrael neighborhood during a bar mitzvah.

8 SAMER ZIAD SULEIMANABU-MAYALA, 14, of al-Thari, near Jerusalem, killed by Israeli police gunﬁre to his back after allegedly stabbing an Israeli to death.

15 MASUD MOYALDEENABU-JALA, 17, of Bureij refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during an incursion.

18 MUNA SAMI ATAYAAL-BAJASA, 13, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed, with her mother, by IDF tank ﬁre to her head during an incursion.

21 IHAB FATHI ABDUL-WAHAB, 16, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling to his head during an incursion.

BASIL EDWANAL-ATTAR, 17, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling to his back during an incursion.

25 NOURA JAMAL MUHAMMAD SHALHOUB, 15, ofTulkarm, killed by IDF gunﬁre at a checkpoint.

28 ABDULLAH KAMAL HASANAL-HELOU, 17, of Balata refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre during an incursion.

March 2002

1 LUAY MUHAMMAD AMIN DABAYEH, 16, of Jenin refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre during an incursion.

MAHMOUD HASAN AHMADAL-TALALKA, 7, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen near the Nisanit settlement.

MARIA IZALDEENABU-SARIEH, 9, of Jenin refugee camp, killed by IDF shelling to her head while in her home during an incursion.

2 INAS IBRAHIM EISA SALEH, 9, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, died of wounds sustained Feb. 19 from IDF shelling during a targeted assassination.

4 AHMAD FAKHRI HASAN HASHASH, 15, of Nablus, died of abdominal wounds sustained March 2 from IDF gunﬁre during an incursion.

AZIZA HUSSEINABU-KWEIK, 17, of Amari refugee camp, killed, with her sister and brother, by IDF helicopter ﬁre during a targeted assassination.

BARA HUSSEINABU-KWEIK, 14, of Amari refugee camp, killed, with her sister and brother, by IDF helicopter ﬁre during a targeted assassination.

MUHAMMAD HUSSEINABU-KWEIK, 8, of Amari refugee camp, killed, with his two sisters, by IDF helicopter ﬁre during a targeted assassination.

AYMAN HASAN ABDUL-RAHMAN GHANIM, 17, of Qalqilya, killed by IDF gunﬁre.

SHAIMA IZALDEEN IBRAHIMAL-MASRI, 7, of Ramallah, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre during a targeted assassination.

ARAFAT IBRAHIMAL-MASRI, 16, of Ramallah, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre during a targeted assassination.

SAID ALI IBRAHIM SUBEIH, 12, of Ramallah, died of head wounds sustained Feb. 28 from IDF gunﬁre.

YOUSEF MUHAMMAD YOUSEFABU-SHEHADA, 17, of Nur alShams refugee camp, killed by IDF shelling to his head and chest during an incursion.

MUHANAD AMJAD ABDULLAHABU-HILAL, 17, ofTulkarm, killed by IDF shelling to his chest during an incursion.

8 MUHAMMAD MAMOUN FAYEZABU-ALI, 10, of Tulkarm refugee camp, died of chest wounds sustained March 7 from IDF gunﬁre during an incursion.

March 2002

29 RACHEL LEVI, 17, ofWest Jerusalem, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber in a supermarket in the Kiryat Yovel neighborhood of West Jerusalem.

31 ADI SHIRAN, 17, ofHaifa, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber at Matza restaurant near the Grand Canyon mall.

ORLY OFIR, 16, ofHaifa, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber at Matza restaurant near the Grand Canyon mall.

GAL KOREN, 15, ofHaifa, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber at Matza restaurant near the Grand Canyon mall.

“ There are traumatized children on both sides and it is invidious to try to quantify the suffering. ”

—Reverend Lucy Winkett, Minor Canon at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, to The Guardian, February 14, 2002.

SAID FAYEZ YOUSEFABU-SUFYAN, 14, of Yamoun, near Jenin, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest while throwing stones during an incursion.

NIDA SULEIMANAL-AZZA, 15, of Azza refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to her chest during an incursion.

MAHMOUD TAYSIR GHANEM, 15, of Sarra, near Nablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest while throwing stones at an army jeep.

MUHAMMAD JAMAL MUHAMMAD NEJEM, 16, of Gaza City, killed by the IDF during an incursion.

MUHAMMAD AHMAD HELS, 17, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre.

RAWAN ABDUL-QADER ISMAELAL-JABRINI,16, of Hebron, diedofhead,neckandchestwoundssustainedMarch5fromIDFgunﬁre.

AMANI ODEH MUHAMMADAL-AWAWDAH, 12, of Bureij refugee camp, Gaza, killed, with her mother, brother, sister and cousin, by an IDF land mine while riding on an animal drawn cart.

TEHANI ODEH MUHAMMADAL-AWAWDAH, 17, of Bureij refugee camp, Gaza, killed, with her mother, brother, sister and cousin, by an IDF land mine while riding on an animal drawn cart.

SALIM ODEH MUHAMMADAL-AWAWDAH, 10, of Bureij refugee camp, Gaza, killed, with his mother, 2 sisters and cousin, by an IDF land mine while riding on an animal drawn cart.

TARIQ MUHAMMAD SALMANAL-AWAWDAH, 10, of Bureij refugee camp, Gaza, killed, with his aunt and three cousins, by an IDF land mine while riding on an animal drawn cart.

17 MUJAHED ARAFATABU-SHABAB, 2, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling.

SHAIMA SAID ABDUL-RAHIM HAMAD, 12, of Rafah, Gaza, died of head wounds sustained March 15 from IDF gunﬁre.

20 IYAD IMAD MUHAMMADAL-MUGHRABI, 11, of Askar refugee camp, died of head wounds sustained March 17 from IDF gunﬁre.

22 RIHAM HUSSAM MUSTAFAABU-TAHA, 4, of Rafah refugee camp, Gaza, died of head wounds sustained March 21 from IDF shelling.

25 MAHMOUD MUHAMMAD MUSAABU-YASIN, 13, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, died of abdominal wounds sustained March 12 during a funeral.

A CHILD IS evacuated from a hotel restaurant March 27, 2002 following a suicide bombing in the northern Israeli town of Netanya that killed at least 16 Israelis and injured more than 100 others. The Ezzedine alQassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas, claimed responsibility for the bombing at the restaurant that was packed with people celebrating the ﬁrst night of the Jewish Passover holiday.

April 2002

1 M UNIR E ISA M UHAMMAD WASHAHI , 17, of Jenin refugee camp, killed by the IDF.

FARES ANAD FARESAL-ZABEN, 13, of Jenin, killed by the IDF.

ASAD FAYSAL ARSAN, 13, of Jenin refugee camp, killed by the IDF.

HAMADEH AKRAM MUHAMMADAL-SEIKALI, 14, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre near the Termit army post.

FAYEZ KHALED MUHAMMAD SALAH,14, ofKhanYounis,Gaza, killed byIDFgunﬁreduringademonstrationneartheNeveDekalimsettlement.

3 EISA MUHAMMAD DABOUBAL-SAGHEIR, 15, of Bethlehem, killed by IDF gunﬁre while playing in front of his home.

MUHAMMAD OMAR TAKI HAWASHIN, 13, of Jenin refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head while playing during an incursion.

ABDULLAH SAMIR OMARAL-SHUBI, 10, of Nablus, killed, with his family of seven, by an IDF missile during an incursion.

ANAS SAMIR OMARAL-SHUBI, 4, of Nablus, killed, with his family of seven, by an IDF missile during an incursion.

AZZAM SAMIR OMARAL-SHUBI, 7, of Nablus, killed, with his family of seven, by an IDF missile during an incursion.

AKRAM FADEL ABDUL-HAMID KHALIFA, 17, of Bethlehem, killed by an IDF missile.

4 MUHAMMAD HASIB AWAD, 14, of Nablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre during an incursion.

AHMAD AMJAD ABADEH, 12, of Askar refugee camp, killed by the IDF.

5 DIMA QASEM SAWAFTA, 13, of Tubas, killed by IDF gunﬁre.

SALWA KHALED DAHALIZ, 10, of Rafah refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to her head near the Rafah Yam settlement.

SUMAYA NAJEH ABDUL-HADIAL-HASAN, 6, of Rafah refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling to her head.

RUBIN JAMILAL-KHDOUR,14, ofFawwarrefugeecamp, killedby IDFgunﬁretohischestwhilethrowingstonesatatankduringanincursion.

ISRA GHALEB OTHMAN, 10, of Beitunia, near Ramallah, killed by IDF gunﬁre to her side.

TARIQ SULEIMANABU-HUSANIEN, 14, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre.

MUIN JAMAL MAKHLOUF, 16, of Nablus, killed by the IDF during an incursion.

KHALED AHMAD JAROUR, 17, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre.

9 RABIH YOUSEFABU-ZAYD, 13, of Nablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head.

10 MUTASEM HAMDAN, 16, of Ayn Beit al-Ma refugee camp, killed by IDF shelling.

NAYEF QASEM LAHLOH, 17, of Jenin, killed by IDF gunﬁre.

11 AHED RASMI ALI HAMAD, 5, of Hebron, killed by IDF gunﬁre during an incursion.

FARES IMAD HUSNIAL-ZABAN, 14, of Jenin, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest.

12 MUHAMMAD MAHMOUD ABDUL-AZIZAL-ISKAFI, 17, of Beit Lahya, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre during an armed clash.

16 QUSAY FARAHABU-AISHA, 12, of Askar refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre while playing in his yard during an incursion.

AHMAD OMAR MUHAMMADABU-SALIMA, 16, of Beit Lahya, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre in an armed clash near the Dugit settlement.

18 FADEL MAHMOUDABU-ZUHEIRAH, 9, of Beitunia, near Ramallah, killedbyIDFtank ﬁretohisabdomenwhileinhishomeduringanincursion.

April 2002

18 HAITHAM ASAD AHMADABU-SHAWQAH, 14, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head and chest.

19 MUHAMMAD KHALIL KISRA, 15, of Ramallah, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head while on his way to the store during an incursion.

20 RIFAT BASSAM SHEHADA AWAD, 12, of Awarta, near Nablus, killed, with his two brothers, by an IDF armored personnel carrier.

KHAYRI BASSAM SHEHADA AWAD, 11, of Awarta, near Nablus, killed, with his two brothers, by an IDF armored personnel carrier.

AHMAD BASSAM SHEHADA AWAD, 14, of Awarta, near Nablus, killed, with his two brothers, by an IDF armored personnel carrier.

FARAJ HEKMAT UDWAN, 4, of Awarta, near Nablus, killed by an IDF armored personnel carrier.

21 OTHMAN FADEL KHALED MASHARQAH, 7, of Jenin, killed by IDF shelling to his head and limbs during an incursion.

ASAD FAYSAL ERSAN QARINI, 10, of Jenin, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head and foot during an incursion.

23 AMIN ZIADAL-THAWABTEH, 14, of Beit Fajjar, near Bethlehem, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his armpit while playing.

YOUSEF BASSAM YOUSEF ZAKUT, 15, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre near the Netzarim settlement.

ISMAEL MUHAMMAD AWDAABU-NADI, 15, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre near the Netzarim settlement.

ANWAR ADEL AHMAD HAMDUNEH, 15, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre near the Netzarim settlement.

27 DANIELLE SHEFI, 5, of Adora settlement, killed by Palestinian gunfire while near her home.

MAJDI MAJI KHALILIYE, 14, of Yabad, near Jenin, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen while at his cousin’s house during a demonstration.

28 USAMA MUHAMMAD MAHMOUDAL-JABARIN, 15, of Sair, near Hebron, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head while throwing stones in Beit Einun.

30 HUDA MUHAMMAD SAIDABU-SHALUF,12 MONTHS, ofRafah, Gaza, killedbyIDFshellingtoherheadwhileathome duringanincursion.

FADI GHASSANAL-AJLOUNI, 8, of Hebron, killed by IDF gunﬁre.

PALESTINIAN GIRLS SIT on a grave as they watch the funeral of Saed Kahail, 23, one of 12 Palestinians killed in an overnight Israeli raid on Gaza City January 26, 2003. Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said the attack was an attempt to halt the ﬁring of homemade Qassam rockets, seven of which were launched at Israel the previous day but caused no casualties.

AFP PHOTO/FAYEZ NURELDINE

May 2002

ABED KHALED MUHAMMAD ISMAEL, 11, of Artas, near Bethlehem, killed by IDF gunﬁre.

NIDAL KHALED MUHAMMAD ISMAEL, 14, of Artas, near Bethlehem, died of wounds sustained May 1, with his brother, from IDF gunﬁre.

ABEER MUHAMMAD YOUSEF ZAKARNA, 3, of Qabatiya, near Jenin, killed, with her brother and mother, by IDF shelling to her limbs.

BASEL MUHAMMAD YOUSEF ZAKARNA, 4, of Qabatiya, near Jenin, killed, with his sister and mother, by IDF shelling to his back.

TAMER KHALED MAHMOUDABU-SIRIYYE, 10, of Tulkarm, killed by IDF tank ﬁre to his chest while throwing stones.

22 ELMAR DEZHABRIELOV, 16, of Rishon Lezion, near Tel Aviv, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the Rothschild St. pedestrian mall.

27 SINAI KEINAN, 14 MONTHS, of Petah Tikva, killed, with her grandmother, by a Palestinian suicide bomber outside an ice cream parlor near the Em Hamoshavot shopping center.

28 NETANEL RIACHI, 17, of Kochav Yakov settlement, killed by Palestinian gunfire while playing basketball in the Itamar settlement.

AVRAHAM SITON, 17, of Shilo settlement, killed by Palestinian gunfire while playing basketball in the Itamar settlement.

GILAD STIGLITZ, 14, of Yakir settlement, killed by Palestinian gunfire while playing basketball in the Itamar settlement.

June 2002

5 ADI DAHAN, 17, of Afula, near Nazareth, killed by a Palestinian car bomb while riding on Israeli bus No. 830 near the Megido junction.

HADAR HERCHKOWITZ, 15, of Herzliya, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the entrance to a restaurant on Sokolov St. in Herzliya.

18 SHANI AVI-ZEDEK, AGE 15, of West Jerusalem, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber while riding on Israeli bus No. 32 near the Pat intersection in West Jerusalem.

GALILA BUGALA, 11, of East Jerusalem, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber while riding on Israeli bus No. 32 near the Pat intersection in West Jerusalem.

19 GAL EISENMAN, 5, of Maale Adumim settlement, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber while waiting for Israeli bus No. 32 near the French Hill neighborhood in East Jerusalem.

SHMUEL YERUSHALMI, 17, of Shilo settlement, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber while waiting for Israeli bus No. 32 near the French Hill neighborhood in East Jerusalem.

MAJDI MUHAMMAD DARWISH BARHUM, 16, of Aqraba, near Nablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head on the way home near Wadi Burkin.

JAMAL SAMI SALEMAL-SHAER, 17, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his neck while on his neighbor’s roof during an incursion.

10 IZALDEEN TALAL MAHMOUDAL-HILU, 14, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen and buttocks during an incursion.

SALEM SAMI SALEMAL-SHAER, 15, of Rafah, Gaza, died of back wounds sustained May 7, with his brother, from IDF gunﬁre during an incursion.

FADI MUHAMMAD TALALAL-SHEHADEH, 16, of Dheisheh refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre.

16 MUHSEN ATEYA JABERAL-ATRASH, 17, of Deir al-Balah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre near the Kfar Darom settlement.

17 MURAD ABDUL-HAKIM MUHAMMADAL-GHOUL, 16, of Jenin refugee camp, killed by an IDF land mine during an incursion.

ALI EDRIS SALIM HAMDAN, 17, of Dura al-Qare, near Ramallah, killed by Israeli security guard gunﬁre to his side in the Bet El settlement.

22 MUHAMMAD TALAL KASSAB, 17, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling to his back.

25 ANWAR ELIAN SALEHABU-SAID, 12, of Juhor al-Deek, near Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling.

MUHAMMAD HUSSEIN ABDUL-KHEIR, 15, of Jenin, killed by IDF shelling to his head.

June 2002

MUHAMMAD HASSIB AWADH, 14, of Nablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his left eye during an incursion.

4 MURAD JAMAL MAHMOUDAL-QAM, 16, of Beit Omar, near Hebron, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during a demonstration.

11 ALI HULAYEL ALIABU-SITTA, 17, of Khan Younis, Gaza, died of head wounds sustained June 2 from IDF gunﬁre.

HUSSEIN EID HASSANAL-MATWI, 8, of al-Maghraqa, near Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling to his heart near his home.

21 ABDUL-SAMAD HASHEM SHAMLAKH, 10, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head while in his home during an incursion.

AHMAD YOUSEF ABDUL-AZIZAL-GHAZAWI, 9, of Jenin, killed by IDF tank ﬁre.

FARES HUSSAM FARESAL-SADI, 13, of Jenin, killed by the IDF when his neighbor’s house was blown up.

SJOUD AHMAD TURKI FAHMAWI, 6, of Jenin, killed by IDF tank ﬁre to her chest and left arm during an incursion.

23 JAMIL YOUSEF ABDUL-AZIZAL-GHAZZAWI, 12, of Jenin, died of leg and thigh wounds sustained June 21, with his brother, from IDF tank ﬁre.

June 2002

20 AVRAHAM ELIAHU NEHMAD, 7, of Rishon Lezion, near Tel Aviv, died of wounds sustained March 2 from a Palestinian suicide bombing in the Beit Yisrael neighborhood during a bar mitzvah.

NERIA SHABO, 16, of Itamar settlement, killed, with two brothers and his mother, by Palestinian gunfire while in his home.

ZVI SHABO, 13, of Itamar settlement, killed, with two brothers and his mother, by Palestinian gunfire while in his home.

AVISHAI SHABO, 5, of Itamar settlement, killed, with two brothers and his mother, by Palestinian gunfire while in his home.

July 2002

16 YONATAN GAMLIEL, 16, of Emmanuel settlement, killed by Palestinian gunfire and bombing while riding Israeli bus No. 189 from Bnei Brak to the Emmanuel settlement.

SARAH TIFERET SHILON, 8 MONTHS, of Emmanuel settlement, killed by Palestinian gunfire and bombing while riding Israeli bus No. 189 from Bnei Brak to the Emmanuel settlement.

June 2002

24 MIDHAT ABDUL-WAHABAL-JURANI, 17, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre to his head while riding in a taxi during a targeted assassination.

26 MUHAMMAD MAHMOUDABU-AYESH, 17, of Balata refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head.

BASSAM GHASSAN RAGHEBAL-SADI, 6, of Jenin refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest.

MUHAMMAD AHMAD MUBARAK SHATAWI, 14, of Fara refugee camp, died of an IDF rubber-coated bullet and tear gas canister explosion at close range.

MUHAMMAD SHTEIWI, 12, of Fara refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest.

July 2002

WEINBERGINFANTBOY, PREMATURE, of Emmanuel settlement, died of wounds sustained July 16 from Palestinian gunfire and bombing while riding Israeli bus No. 189 from Bnei Brak to the Emmanuel settlement.

25 SHUVEL ZION DIKSTEIN, 9, of Psagot settlement, killed, with his parents, by Palestinian gunfire near Zif.

5 ANWAR MUHAMMAD KAMALAL-HINDI, 2, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed, with her mother, by IDF gunﬁre to her head.

SHUKRI FAYQ ABDEL-HAJ DAOUD, 10, of Qalqilya, died of head wounds sustained June 27 from IDF gunﬁre during curfew.

17 AHMAD SAID ABDUL-JAWADABU-RADAHA, 7, of Amari refugee camp, killed by an IDF bomb.

MUHAMMAD MAHMOUDAL-HUWAITI, 3, of Gaza City, killed, with his brother, in an IDF airstrike while at home during the targeted assassination of Salah Shehada.

SUBHI MAHMOUDAL-HUWAITI, 5, of Gaza City, killed, with his brother, in an IDF airstrike while at home during the targeted assassination of Salah Shehada.

AYMAN RAED MATAR, 18 MONTHS, of Gaza City, killed, with his brother, sister and cousins, in an IDF airstrike while at home during the targeted assassination of Salah Shehada.

DINA RAED MATAR, 2 MONTHS, of Gaza City, killed, with her brothers and cousins, in an IDF airstrike while at home during the targeted assassination of Salah Shehada.

MUHAMMAD RAED MATAR, 4, of Gaza City, killed, with his siblings and cousins, in an IDF airstrike while at home during the targeted assassination of Salah Shehada.

DUNIA RAMI MATAR, 5, of Gaza City, killed, with her cousins, in an IDF airstrikewhileathomeduringthetargeted assassinationof Salah Shehada.

ALA MUHAMMAD MATAR, 11, of Gaza City, killed, with his cousins, in an IDF airstike while at home during the targeted assassination of Salah Shehada.

AHMAD MUHAMMADAL-SHAWA, 5, of Gaza City, killed, with his father, in an IDF airstike while at home during the targeted assassination of Salah Shehada.

IMAN SALAH MUSTAFA SHEHADA, 14, of Gaza City, killed in an IDF airstrike while at home during the targeted assassination of her father, Salah Shehada.

NIVEEN AWAD MUSA JAMJOUM, 14, of Hebron, killed by Israeli settler gunﬁre to her head.

August 2002

ASMA TAHSEEN AHMAD AHMAD, 9, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling to her back while playing in her front yard.

5 HAMZEH MUHAMMAD BADAWI DWEIKAT, 13, of Balata, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest and neck while in his home during curfew.

August 2002

10 AYMAN ATIYAABU-MUGHEISEB, 12, of Deir al-Balah, Gaza, died of head wounds sustained Aug. 7 from IDF gunﬁre while in his backyard.

15 AYMAN BASSAM NADID FARES, 6, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head while in his ﬁeld near the Ganei Tal settlement.

19 MUHAMMAD AMIN ALIABU-ODEH, 14, of Burqin, near Jenin, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head while playing near his home during curfew.

20 AYMAN TAWFIQ SALEM ZORUB, 15, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF tank ﬁre to his head while farming.

26 JIHAD MUSA MUHAMMADAL-ATHRA, 6, ofYatta, Hebron, killed by an Israeli settler vehicle.

29 ABDUL-HADI ANWARAL-HAMAIDA, 14, of Rafah refugee camp, killed by IDF shelling to his head.

31BAHIRA BORHAN MEFLEH DARAGHMA, 7, ofTubas, killed, with her cousin, by an IDF missile strike during an assassination attempt.

USAMA IBRAHIM MEFLEH DARAGHMA, 14, ofTubas, killed, with his cousin, by an IDF missile strike during an assassination attempt.

SARI ABDUL-KARIM SUBEIH, 17, of Tubas, killed in an IDF helicopter missile strike during an attempted assassination.

YAZEED YOUSEF MAHMOUD ABDUL-RIZIQ, 16, ofTubas, killed in an IDF helicopter missile strike during an attempted assassination.

September 2002

ABDUL-KARIM BASSAM RAGHEBAL-SADI, 17, of Jenin, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his back in an armed clash.

19 ABDUL-SALAM FAWZI ABDUL-RAHMAN SAMREEN, 11, of al-Bireh, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen during curfew.

20 HAITHEM SAID HUSSEIN NATAT, 17, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF tank ﬁre to his neck in an armed clash.

ABDALLAH SULEIMANAL-GHARABLA, 14, of Gaza City, killed by IDF shelling to his head during an incursion.

22 BAHA SAAD NAJIAL-BAHSH, 14, of Nablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his shoulder during a demonstration.

23 RAWAN MURAD EISA HREZIAN, 3 DAYS, of Hebron, died at an IDF checkpoint.

24 WALID HISHAM HUSSEINAL-MUGHANNI, 16, of Gaza City, killed by IDF shelling during an incursion.

26 GHARAM MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM MANA, 14 MONTHS, of Thahriye, near Hebron, killed by IDF gas.

30 RAMI KAHLIL IBRAHIMAL-BARBARI, 12, of Nablus, killed by IDF tank ﬁre to his head during curfew.

MAHMOUD HAMZA AHMAD ZAGHLOUL, 11, of Nablus, killed by IDF shelling to his heart.

October 2002

4 MUHAMMAD ALI NAJIB ZAYD, 16, of Nazlat al-Sheikh Zayd, near Jenin, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen during curfew.

5 AMR RAJAB HASHEMAL-NAMROUQI, 14, of Ayn Beit al-Ma refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during curfew.

7 AHMAD ABDUL-RAUF HASANAL-ASTAL, 16, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre.

MUHAMMAD HUSSEIN HASHEMAL-ASTAL, 15, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed, with his father, by IDF helicopter ﬁre.

October 2002

7 NIDAL KEFAH KADER BARABAKH, 16, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre to his abdomen.

ABDALLAH WALEED SHABAN SABAH, 16, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre.

FARES ABDUL-NASR DAOUDAL-ZAKZUK, 17, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre.

MAISA OBEID ZANNOUN, 13, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to her chest while in her home.

MAHMOUD JADALLAH HASANAL-ASTAL, 16, of Khan Younis, Gaza, died of wounds sustained Oct. 7 from IDF helicopter ﬁre.

MUHAMMAD MUSA ASHOUR, 15, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF tank ﬁre to his chest during an incursion.

AHMAD FUAD RADWAN, 16, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest and right thigh during an incursion.

21 OSNAT ABRAMOV, 16, of Holon, near Tel Aviv, killed by a Palestinian suicide car bomber while riding Israeli bus No. 841 from Kiryat Shmona to Tel Aviv.

29 LINOY SAROUSSI, 14, of Hermesh settlement, killed by Palestinian gunfire while in the settlement.

HADAS TURGEMAN, 14, of Hermesh settlement, killed by Palestinian gunfire while in the settlement.

THAER SALAHAL-HOUT, 12, of Rafah refugee camp, killed by IDF tank ﬁre to his head during an incursion.

TAWFIK HUSSAM TAWFIQ BARAKA,18 MONTHS, ofRafah, Gaza, killedbytheIDFwhenhishomewasdemolishedwhilehewasinside.

17 SHAIMA KAMAL YOUSEFABU-SHAMALEH, 8, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF tank ﬁre to her head while in her home during an incursion.

MUHAMMAD SAMI ZAKRIABU-HILAL, 15, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF tank ﬁre while in his home during an incursion.

KARAM MUHAMMAD MUSTAFAABU-OBEID, 17, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF tank ﬁre in an armed clash near the Dugit settlement.

24 AHMAD MAHMOUDABU-JAFAR, 16, of Jenin, killed by IDF shelling to his head.

MAHMOUD SALEM SALAMAABU-MOUR, 17, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling to his chest and abdomen.

the IDF randomly

“ In 2002 the majority were those children killed when

opened

fire, or shelled or bombarded residential neighborhoods

....

Most of these children were killed when there was no exchange of fire and in circumstances in which the lives of the soldiers were not at risk. ”

—Amnesty International, in Killing the Future: Children in the Line of Fire, September 30, 2002.

CHILDREN ARE surprised by IDF tank ﬁre after returning to their demolished homes in Rafah refugee camp, Gaza, to salvage their possessions following a 2003 Israeli incursion.

October 2002

November 2002

October 2002

26 SALEM ABDUL-KAHDER EISAAL-SHAER, 14, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen during a demonstration.

28 AHMAD MAJED ANBAS, 17, of Tulkarm, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his back.

4 GASTÓN PERPINAL, 15, of Ranana, a recent immigrant from Argentina, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber at a shopping mall in Kfar Sava.

10 MATAN OHAYON, 5, of Kibbutz Metzer, near Hadera, killed, with his sister and mother, by Palestinian gunfire in his home.

NOAM OHAYON, 4, of Kibbutz Metzer, near Hadera, killed, with her brother and mother, by Palestinian gunfire in his home.

21 MICHAEL SHARSHEVSKY, 16, of West Jerusalem, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber on Israeli bus No. 20 in Kiryat Menachem.

HODAYA ASRAF, 13, of West Jerusalem, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber on Israeli bus No. 20 in Kiryat Menachem.

YAFIT RAVIVO, 13, of West Jerusalem, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber on Israeli bus No. 20 in Kiryat Menachem.

ILAN PERLMAN, 8, of West Jerusalem, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber on Israeli bus No. 20 in Kiryat Menachem.

November 2002

5 IYAD NAFEZ HUSNIABU-TAHA, 16, of Rafah refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during an incursion.

11 NAFEZ KHALED MASHAL, 2, of Rafah refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen.

MUHAMMAD RIFATABU-NAJA, 9, of Rafah, Gaza, died of wounds sustained Oct. 17 from IDF gunﬁre.

13 HAMED ASAD HASANAL-MASRI, 2, of Rafah refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling to his chest.

14 JALAL MUHAMMAD TAHER AWIJAN, 17, of Nablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during an incursion.

15 AMRAN ISMAEL MUSTAFAAL-SHILLEH, 17, of Nablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre.

16 IBRAHIM BASSAM RAGHEBAL-SADI, 17, of Jenin refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during an incursion.

19 IHAB ALAMAL-ZAQLEH, 16, of Tulkarm, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during a targeted assassination.

20 AMRU SULEIMAN FAYQAL-QUDSI, 14, of Tulkarm, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his back during a demonstration.

22 MUHAMMAD MUSLEH IBRAHIM BILALWEH, 11, of Jenin refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his left eye while throwing stones.

23 ABDALLAH MAHMOUD ABDUL-NABIAL-NATSHEH, 15, of Hebron, killed by IDF shelling to his pelvis.

25 JIHAD TAHSEEN DARWEESHAL-FAQIH, 8, of Nablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his heart during an incursion.

27 FAWAREGHINFANT, NEWBORN, of Masarah, near Bethlehem, died at an IDF checkpoint after his mother was delayed on her way to the Bethlehem hospital.

30 HATEM RIZIQ SALEHAL-IJLA, 17, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen while walking home from school near the Karni checkpoint.

December 2002

6 MARWAN SABERAL-TAHARAWI, 16, of Bureij refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre during a targeted assassination attempt.

9 AHMAD ABDUL-KARIM HUSSEINAL-MAJAIDA, 16, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during a demonstration.

12 INFANT, NEWBORN, of Tel, near Nablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre.

16 EIDABU-HALLAL, 16, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre.

17 JAWAD ESAM ABDUL-WAHAB ZEIDAN, 16, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling to his abdomen and left foot.

18 ALA MUHAMMAD MUSLEHAL-SDUDI, 15, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF armored personnel carrier gunﬁre to his chest.

19 NADA KAMAL MUHAMMAD MAHDI, 11, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to her chest while at home.

21 HANIN SAUDABU-SITA, 12, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling to her pelvis.

“ Our daughter was killed because of the terror of Israeli occupation. Every innocent victim from both sides is a victim of the occupation. The occupation is the cancer feeding Palestinian terror. ”

—Rami Elhanan, father of Smadar Elhanan, 13, killed September 1997 in a suicide bombing in Jerusalem, quoted in “Our Girl Was Killed By A Suicide Bomber…But It Is The Terror Of Israel’s Occupation That’s To Blame For Her Death,” Alexandra Williams, The Mirror, June 29, 2002.

A FRIEND OF Yelena, 18, and Yulia, 16, Nelimov mourns next to their bodies during their funeral in Tel Aviv June 3, 2001. The sisters were among the 19 young people killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the entrance to the Dolphinarium disco on Tel Aviv’s seaside promenade late on the night of June 1.

December 2002

27 GAVRIEL HOTER, 17, ofAlonei Habashan settlement, Golan Heights, killed by Palestinian gunfire while working in the kitchen of the West Bank settlement of Otniel.

January 2003

February 2003

24 MUHAMMAD FAQRI MUBARAK BURAIK, 14, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling to his chest.

26 MAHDI SAMIRABU-OBEID, 17, of Ramallah, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest and abdomen while throwing stones.

MUHAMMAD MOYALDEEN ASHOUR, 17, of Nablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest and shoulder during an incursion.

28 HANIN ABDUL-KADER SALEHABU-SULEIMAN, 8, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling to her head.

29 ABDUL-KARIM YASSER ABDUL-KARIM SALAMEH, 11, of Tulkarm, killed by IDF shelling to his head while throwing stones.

January 2003

1 JIHAD JUMA ABED, 15, of Jabalya, Gaza, killed by IDF tank ﬁre near the Alei Sinai settlement.

MUHAMMAD ATIYA DAWAS, 15, of Bureij refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF tank ﬁre near the Alei Sinai settlement.

TARIQ ZIAD DAWAS, 15, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF tank ﬁre near the Alei Sinai settlement.

2 ABDUL-RAHMAN SAMERABU-BAKR, 10, of Nablus, died at an IDF checkpoint after he was prevented from reaching medical care.

4 SEIFALLAH BADRAN, 16, of Tulkarm, killed by IDF gunﬁre.

11 ZIAD KHALILAL-DEIFI, 17, of Shati refugee camp, Gaza, killed by an IDF explosion.

12 ABDUL-RAHMAN MUHAMMAD HAMEDAL-NAJJAR, 16, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed in an IDF helicopter missile strike during a targeted assassination attempt.

IYAD SALIM OTHMANABU-SHAER, 12, of Deir al-Balah, Gaza, died of neck wounds sustained Dec. 24 from IDF gunﬁre.

15 MOYALDEEN MAHMOUD HAMZA MUBARAK, 17, of Tulkarm refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his back during a demonstration.

HAZZA QASSAM FAWAZ SHADID, 16, of Ilar, near Tulkarm, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his back during a demonstration.

22 AHMAD ANWAR SAQR, 15, of Askar refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his pelvis during a demonstration.

25 KHALED ALI HASSANAL-SHALOUF, 17, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre during an incursion.

AMJAD YOUSEFAL-HATAB, 16, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre during an incursion.

26 ALI TALEB GHREIZ, 8, of Rafah refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling to his head.

27 SABRINE MUHAMMAD SALAMA, 14, of al-Twam, near Jabalya, Gaza, killed by an IDF bomb.

28 NIDAL MAHMOUD MUSTAFAAL-QASTUNI, 17, of Jenin, killed by IDF gunﬁre in an armed clash.

MUHAMMAD SUBHIAL-TUBASI, 15, of Jenin, killed by IDF gunﬁre.

February 2003

5 SAMER KHALED FUADAL-ZURBA, 17, of Nablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his left shoulder during an incursion.

8 MUSTAFA IBRAHIMABU-ADWAN, 10, of Khan Younis, Gaza, died of head wounds sustained Feb. 7 from IDF shelling.

February 2003

11 AREF OMAR AFIF BISHARAT,13, ofTammun,nearTubas, diedof headwoundssustainedFeb.5fromIDFgunﬁrewhilethrowing stones.

HUSNI MAJDIAL-GHUL, 8, of Qalqilya, killed by Israeli border police gunﬁre to his chest during an incursion.

19 MUHAMMAD RABIHAL-SABER, 15, of Ras al-Ayn, near Nablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his right shoulder while throwing stones during an incursion.

20 AHMAD MUNIR AHMADABU-ZAHRA, 16, of Nablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head and chest during an incursion.

23 BARA FAYEZ AHMADAL-AFIFI, 17, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his stomach during an incursion.

NASR SAMER NASOUH JARA, 14, ofNablus, died of head wounds sustained Nov. 22 from IDF gunﬁre.

MAHMOUD MUHAMMAD ODEHABU-ZAHER, 16, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his back while playing soccer near the Neve Dekalim settlement.

AHMAD EID MUHAMMAD AFANA, 16, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his right thigh during an incursion.

MUHAMMAD RAMADAN YOUSEFAL-KAHLUT, 15, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during an incursion.

25 AHMAD KHALIL ATALLAHABUL-WAN, 13, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling to his back.

March 2003

2 ABDUL-RAHMAN MUSTAFA ALI JADALLAH, 9, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during a funeral.

NAJWAN MUHAMMADAL-ALI, 17, of Ayn Beit al-Ma refugee camp, died at an IDF checkpoint.

TAL KEHRMANN, 17, ofHaifa, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber while riding Israeli bus No. 37 to Haifa University.

ASAF ZUR ZOLLINGER, 17, ofHaifa, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber while riding Israeli bus No. 37 to Haifa University.

SMADAR FIRSTATER, 16, ofHaifa, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber while riding Israeli bus No. 37 to Haifa University.

DANIEL HAROUSH, 16, ofSafed, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber while riding Israeli bus No. 37 to Haifa University.

ELIZABETH KATZMAN, 16, ofHaifa, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber while riding Israeli bus No. 37 to Haifa University.

TOM HERSHKO, 15, ofHaifa, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber while riding Israeli bus No. 37 to Haifa University.

ABIGAIL LITLE, 14, ofHaifa, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber while riding Israeli bus No. 37 to Haifa University.

YUVAL MENDELLEVICH, 13, ofHaifa, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber while riding Israeli bus No. 37 to Haifa University.

KAMARABU-HAMED, 12, ofDaliat al-Carmel, near Haifa, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber while riding Israeli bus No. 37 to Haifa University.

TARIQ SAMI AKELABU-MATAR, 13, of Bureij refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre during an incursion.

FADI FAYEZ MUHAMMADAL-HAWAJRA, 16, of Bureij refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during an incursion.

6 MUHAMMAD JAMAL MUHSIN, 14, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre.

TARIQ MAHER AHMADAL-NAJJAR, 14, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by an IDF missile while in a carpentry shop.

HAMZA JEBRIL QARMOUT, 17, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre during an incursion.

THAER JABER ATIYA RIHAN, 14, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre during an incursion.

MUHAMMAD RABAH SAID HAWASH, 16, of Nablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest.

13 AMIN ALI SAAD BISHARAT, 17, of Tammun, near Tubas, killed by IDF gunﬁre in an armed clash.

14 USAMA REBHIABU-KHALIL, 16, ofAttil, near Tulkarm, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest and hands during a targeted assassination.

WATHIQ AHMAD BASHIRAL-GHBARIYA, 17, of Jenin, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head and chest during a targeted assassination.

MUHAMMAD EISA ABDUL-RAHIM ABDUL-HADI, 17, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling to his abdomen while trying to help a wounded person near the Neve Dekalim settlement.

17 ILHAM ZIAD HASSANAL-ASSAR, 4, ofNuseirat refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to her abdomen and left foot during an incursion.

March 2003

17 MUHAMMAD TAWFIQ SALAMAABU-YOUSEF, 17, ofNuseirat refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during an incursion.

OMAR HASSAN SULEIMAN DARWISH, 17, of Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling to his head during an incursion.

24 AHMAD IMAD FAYEZ ABAHRAH, 14, ofJenin refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head while throwing stones at a tank during curfew.

25 MAHMOUD BASSAM MAHMOUD NASR, 14, ofJenin, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen while throwing stones at a tank during curfew.

CHRISTINE GEORGE ANTOINE SADA, 10, ofAida refugee camp, killed by undercover IDF gunﬁre to her head and chest while riding in a car with her family during a targeted assassination.

29 MUHAMMAD AHMAD ASAD DARWISH, 15, of Askar refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his back and leg during a demonstration.

April 2003

2 OMAR MUSA AHMAD MATAR, 14, of Kalandya refugee camp, died from neck wounds sustained March 28 from IDF gunﬁre during a demonstration near the Kalandya checkpoint.

JIHAD AZIZ ABDUL-RAUF NAZAL, 14, of Qalqilya, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest and left thigh near his home during an incursion.

6 YOUSEF RIYADABU-NADI, 16, of al-Mussader, Gaza, killed by an IDF missile during a demonstration.

7 TALEB JUMA KAMAL BADRIYA, 17, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen near the Netzarim settlement.

8 AHMAD KHAMISAL-ASHRAM, 13, of Gaza City, killed in an IDF helicopter missile strike during a targeted assassination.

SAMI HASSAN QASSEM, 16, of Gaza City, killed in an IDF helicopter missile strike during a targeted assassination.

ANAS JIHADAL-KAHLOUT, 12, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head.

9 AHMAD RASHAD ABDULLAHABUL-QUMSAN, 16, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during clashes.

13 MUHAMMAD AHMED MADI, 11, of Aroob refugee camp, killed by an Israeli settler vehicle.

17 YUSUF ABDUL-RIZIQ MUHAMMADAL-YAHYA, 16, of Tulkarm, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his limbs during a demonstration.

19 MAHMOUD AHMAD IBRAHIMABU-KOSH, 14, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his stomach during an incursion.

MUHAMMAD IBRAHIMAL-HAMAIDA, 14, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen during an incursion.

20 ABDUL-RAHMAN ZUHDI AHMAD ABED, 16, of Azoun, near Qalqilya, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his right armpit during a demonstration.

28 MASAB IBRAHIM HASAN JABR, 16, of Jenin, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during an incursion.

May 2003

1 MUHAMMAD ABDUL-NASR ABDUL-DAHDUH, 13, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest and abdomen during an incursion.

AMIR AHMAD MUHAMMAD AYYAD, 2, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest and abdomen during an incursion.

AHMAD RAMADAN YOUNISAL-TATAR, 13, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest and abdomen during an incursion.

May 2003

MUHAMMAD ZAHI MAJDI HASAN HIJAZI, 14, of Nablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during a demonstration.

ELIAN SAAD ELIANAL-BASHITI, 18 MONTHS, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling to his head.

AHMAD ISAM MUHAMMAD JOUDAH, 16, of Jabalya, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head.

AHMAD SEIFALDEEN KHADERAL-HAMSHARI, 14, ofTulkarm refugee camp, died of head wounds sustained March 3 from IDF gunﬁre while throwing stones at soldiers near his school.

14 DIA NASIF QAWADRA, 15, of Jenin, killed by IDF gunﬁre to her neck during an incursion.

15 ZUHAYR KHALED MUHAMMADABU-JARAD, 14, of Beit Lahya, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during an invasion of Beit Hanoun.

ABDUL-QADER ALI ABUL-KAS, 17, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during an invasion of Beit Hanoun.

MUHAMMAD NABIL MUHAMMADAL-ZANIN, 15, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during an incursion.

17 AMJAD SULEIMAN HASSANABU-SALIM, 16, of Balata refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre during an armed attack on the Tikva settlement.

18 ZIAD KHALED NASR, 14, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during an incursion.

26 TAMER NIZAR FATHI ARAR, 11, of Salﬁt, killed by IDF sniper ﬁre to his head during a demonstration.

27 MUHAMMAD NASSIM AMIN MAHMOUD AWAD, 16, of Tulkarm, killed by Israeli border police gunﬁre to his chest while throwing stones.

29 KAMAL AMJAD NADER NAWAHDA, 15, of Yamoun, near Jenin, died of head wounds sustained May 22 from IDF gunﬁre.

MUHAMMAD ABD-RABO HASSANAL-SAWARQAH, 17, of Deir al-Balah, Gaza, killed by IDF tank ﬁre while in his friend’s yard.

MOURNERS CARRY THE COFFIN in Manger Square, Bethlehem, of 10-year-old Palestinian girl Christine Sada during her funeral on March 27, 2003. Israeli soldiers killed Christine and wounded her father, George, mother, Najwa, and sister Marianne when they ﬁred a hail of bullets at the family’s car on March 25.

June 2003

17 NOAM LEIBOWITZ, 7, of Yemin Orde, near Haifa, killed by Palestinian gunfire while riding in a car with her family near Qalqilya.

July 2003

August 2003

19 AVRAHAM BAR-OR, 12, of West Jerusalem, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber while returning from the Western Wall on Israeli bus No. 2 in the Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood of West Jerusalem.

BINYAMIN BERGMAN, 15, of West Jerusalem, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber on Israeli bus No. 2 in the Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood of West Jerusalem.

ELISHEVA MESHULAMI, 16, of Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber while returning from the Western Wall on Israeli bus No. 2 in the Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood of West Jerusalem.

TEHILLA NATHANSON, 3, of Zichron Yaqov, near Haifa, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber while returning to her grandmother’s home from the Western Wall on Israeli bus No. 2 in the Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood of West Jerusalem.

ISSACHAR DOV REINITZ, 9, of Netanya, killed, with his father, by a Palestinian suicide bomber while returning to their hotel from the Western Wall on Israeli bus No. 2 in the Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood of West Jerusalem.

SHMUEL ZARGARI, 11 MONTHS, of West Jerusalem, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber while returning home to the Bukharan quarter from the Western Wall on Israeli bus No. 2 in the Shmuel Hanavi neighborhood of West Jerusalem.

September 2003

AMIR KHALIL ABDUL-LATIF HABALA, 17, of Tulkarm, died of abdomen wounds sustained May 22 from IDF gunﬁre near his home.

5 IBRAHIMABU-FATTAHABU-HABLA, 15, of Tulkarm, died of head wounds sustained May 27 from IDF gunﬁre while leaving school during curfew.

12 AFNAN YASSER MUHAMMAD TAHA, 1, of Bureij refugee camp, Gaza, killed, with her mother, in an IDF helicopter missile strike during the targeted assassination of her father.

15 AMAL NIMER SALEMAL-JARUSHA, 8, of Gaza City, died of wounds sustained June 10 in an IDF helicopter missile strike while playing in her yard during a targeted assassination.

27 MUHAMMAD YEHYA MAHMOUDAL-GHOUL, 14, of Shati refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre during an incursion.

July 2003

3 OMAR MUHAMMAD YOUSEF OMAR, 15, of Qalqilya, killed by an IDF vehicle.

25 MUHAMMAD SHARIF JAWDAT KABAHA, 3, of Barta al-Sharkiya, near Jenin, killed by IDF tank ﬁre to his head while waiting in a car with his family at a checkpoint.

August 2003

2 AHMADAL-HINDI, 13, of Deir al-Balah, Gaza, killed by an unexploded IDF ordnance he found near the refugee camp and carried home.

5 MUNIRABU-HAYN, 14, of Gaza City, killed by an unexploded IDF ordnance after he took it home.

20 SAID AWAD MIQBAL GHANEM, 15, of Tulkarm, killed by IDF gunﬁre while playing cards.

26 SAID MUHAMMAD NIROUKH, 17, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed in an IDF helicopter missile strike during a targeted assassination.

27 MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM BALOUSHA, 17, of Jabalya, Gaza, died of wounds sustained Aug. 26 in an IDF helicopter missile strike during a targeted assassination.

30 AYA MAHMOUD NOMAN FAYYAD, 9, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF tank ﬁre to her chest while in her home.

September 2003

2 SANA JAMILAL-DAOUR, 9, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, died of head and neck wounds sustained Aug. 26 from IDF helicopter ﬁre during a targeted assassination.

6 MUHAMMAD ABDALLAH SHAHDEH ABUL-HUSNA, 17, of Jabalya, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre.

9 THAER MONSUR NOMANAL-SAYOURI, 9, of Hebron, killed by IDF tank ﬁre to his head while in his home during an incursion.

10 AHMAD GHALEB SALIM TAHANIYA, 16, of Silat al-Harithiya, near Jenin, killed by Israeli border police gunﬁre to his chest and waist near the Gaza perimeter fence.

“ I know there is a war going on, but I don't know why....I hear about bombs going off in shops and on buses, and it makes me afraid... What are my three wishes? I want to be an artist. I want to dance. And I want to be old. ”

—Danielle, 8, Israeli

From

the book

Three Wishes: Palestinian and Israeli Children

Speak.

CHILDREN IN the Shati refugee camp, one of Gaza’s poorest and most crowded.

September 2003

26 SHAKED AVRAHAM, 7 MONTHS, of Negohot settlement, killed by Palestinian gunfire during dinner in a settlement home on the eve of Rosh Hashana.

October 2003

4 TOMER ALMOG, 9, of Haifa, killed, with his cousin, father and grandparents, by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the Maxim restaurant in Haifa.

ASSAF STAIER, 11, of Haifa, killed, with his cousin, uncle and grandparents, by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the Maxim restaurant in Haifa.

LIRAN ZER-AVIV, 4, of Kibbutz Yagur, near Haifa, killed, with her sister, parents and grandmother, by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the Maxim restaurant in Haifa.

NOYA ZER-AVIV, 14 MONTHS, of Kibbutz Yagur, near Haifa, killed, with her sister, parents and grandmother, by a Palestinian suicide bomber at the Maxim restaurant in Haifa.

September 2003

14 AHMAD NAYEF TAHAABU-LATIFAH, 12, of Kalandya refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his left armpit while salvaging aluminum.

22 SHADI AWNI MUHAMMAD MONSUR, 16, of Nablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre.

24 MUHAMMAD EISA ABDUL-AZIZ HAMDAN, 15, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF tank ﬁre to his head and neck during an incursion.

25 LINA HASSAN HAMMOUD EISA, 3, of Bureij refugee camp, Gaza, died of a heart attack from IDF shelling near her home during an incursion.

October 2003

1 HUSSEIN SAMIR ALAWI, 13, of Gaza City, killed by IDF shelling to his head.

4 MUSTAFA ABDUL-QADER ISMAELAL-BADRASAWI, 18 MONTHS, of Khan Younis, Gaza, died of neck wounds sustained Oct. 2 from IDF tank ﬁre while on the roof of his home near the Ganei Tal settlement. MUHAMMAD AYMAN YOUSEF IBRAHIM, 7, ofTulkarm refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during a targeted assassination.

10 SAMI TALAL NAJIB SALAH,15, ofRafah,Gaza, killedbyIDFtankﬁre tohisheadonhiswayhomefromvisitingrelativesduringanincursion.

IBRAHIM AHMAD FREJAL-QREINAWI, 10, ofRafah,Gaza, killed by IDFgunﬁretohisabdomenwhilewithhisfamilyintheiryardduring anincursion.

ATWA YOUSEFABU-MUHSEN, 8, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during an incursion.

16 SHADI KHALIL ISMAEL SAQR, 17, of Rafah, Gaza, died of wounds sustained Oct. 10 from IDF gunﬁre.

18 YAHYA HASSAN MASOUD RIHAN, 16, ofTulkarm, killed by IDF gunﬁre to the head while going to visit his grandfather.

HUSAM OMER SALEHAL-MOGHAYER, 17, of Rafah refugee camp, killed by IDF sniper ﬁre to his head, neck, chest, back and legs outside his home on his way to school.

19 SHADI NABIL MAHMOUDABU-ALWAN, 17, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head and a collapsing wall during a house demolition in the Rafah refugee camp.

20 MUHAMMAD ZIAD MUHAMMAD BAROUD, 12, of Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre during a targeted assassination.

24 IBRAHIM JUMAH MUHAMMAD TABAZEH, 17, of Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza, died of wounds sustained Oct. 20 from IDF helicopter ﬁre during a targeted assassination.

MUHAMMAD ISMAEL ELIANAL-HAMAYDA, 10, of Deir al-Balah, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen while on his way to the mosque during an incursion.

26 AKRAM HAMED MAHMOUD BAKRUN, 17, of Gaza City, died of wounds sustained Oct. 22 from IDF tank ﬁre while playing near the Gaza perimeter fence.

29 SALAHALDEEN ABDUL-GHAFAR HUSSEIN ASAD, 16, of Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza, died of wounds sustained Oct. 20 from IDF helicopter ﬁre during a targeted assassination.

BAHA JABER MUHAMMADAL-ZUBEIDI, 12, of Balata refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his left side while throwing stones.

November 2003

1 MAHMOUD MUHAMMAD SIRHAN, 15, of Balata refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre while throwing stones.

November 2003

MAHMOUD MUHAMMAD ALIAL-KAYED, 11, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest and abdomen while hunting birds with his father near the Gaza perimeter fence.

SHADI RAFIQ SAID HABBOUB, 15, of Beit Lahya, Gaza, killed by the IDF.

IBRAHIM OMAR HASSANABU-SHAKAL, 17, of Beit Lahya, Gaza, killed by IDF tank ﬁre while trying to cross the Gaza perimeter fence for work.

MUTAZ WASEF MUSTAFAAL-AMOUDI, 15, of Burqin, near Jenin, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest and left shoulder while throwing stones during an incursion.

MUHAMMAD ABDUL-RAHMAN HASSAN SALAH, 17, of Jenin, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen and chest while throwing stones at soldiers demolishing a neighborhood home.

9 AHMAD MUHANAD NAFEH MERI, 11, of Jenin refugee camp, died of head wounds sustained Nov. 8 from IDF gunﬁre to his head while throwing stones at soldiers demolishing a home in Jenin.

SHADI NAIM KHALILABU-ANZA, 14, of Rafah, Gaza, died of abdominal wounds sustained Nov. 10 from IDF gunﬁre while watching soldiers demolish homes in his neighborhood.

12 SUBIH MAZEN MUHAMMAD SUBIH, 14, of Jenin, died of back wounds sustained Nov. 8 from IDF gunﬁre while throwing stones during a demonstration.

AHMAD MARWAN NASR HANANI, 15, of Beit Furik, near Nablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest while on his way to the mosque during an incursion.

22 IBRAHIM ALI SULEIMAN JALAMNEH, 10, of Jenin, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during clashes.

26 HANI SALEM RABAYAH, 9, of Rafah refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head and neck.

27 RASHAD MUHAMMAD ABDUL-RAHMAN MURABUSHABAN, 15, ofYatta, near Hebron, died of abdominal wounds sustained Nov. 26 from IDF gunﬁre while allegedly throwing a petrol bomb.

December 2003

1 MUAYAD MAZEN ABDUL-RAHMAN HAMDAN, 9, of al-Bireh, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during an incursion.

2 MUHAMMAD AHMAD ABDALLAH ZAHARAN, 17, of Deir abuMashal, near Ramallah, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest and abdomen.

6 JIHAD MUSA HASSANAL-AKHRAS, 16, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head and neck while working as a porter at the Rafah border crossing.

9 FARES IBRAHIM MUHAMMAD ABDUL-QUADER, 16, of Kalandya refugee camp, killed by Israeli border police gunﬁre to his head and neck while throwing stones.

11 SULEIMAN MUHAMMAD SALAMAAL-AKHRAS, 15, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his stomach during a funeral.

17 MUSTAFA ABDUL-HAMID MUSTAFAAL-HAMS, 17, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre while returning home from work.

21 NURALDEEN AHMAD IZZAT AMRAN, 15, of Balata refugee camp, died of head wounds sustained Nov. 16 from IDF gunﬁre while hiding during an incursion.

MUHAMMAD NAIM YOUSEFAL-ARAJ, 6, of Balata refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest at the entrance to his home.

December 2003

22 LATIFA, PREMATURE, of Deir Balut, near Ramallah, died, with her twin sister, at an IDF checkpoint after her mother was delayed access to medical care.

MOUFIDA, PREMATURE, of Deir Balut, near Ramallah, died, with her twin sister, at an IDF checkpoint after her mother was delayed access to medical care.

27 RAJAI AZMI ISMAEL RAYAN, 16, of Nablus, killed by IDF tank ﬁre to his hand and stomach while throwing stones.

January 2004

1 MUHAMMAD JABER HASSAN ADILI SAID, 15, of Osreen, near Nablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest.

2 MUTASEM MUHAMMAD JAMIL ABUL-HASAN, 16, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre near the Ganei Tal settlement wall.

3 AMR QATHEM KAMAL ARAFAT, 17, of Nablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his back while throwing stones from the roof of his school.

AMJAD BILAL NABILAL-MASRI, 15, of Nablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest and abdomen while throwing stones.

5 TAJALDEEN ABDUL-KARIM MUHAMMAD SAID SEIF, 17, of Ayn Beit al-Ma refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest and abdomen while throwing stones.

22 MUHSIN HAIDAR MUHAMMADAL-DAOUR, 11, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head while hunting birds near the Gaza perimeter fence.

28 SAMIR MUHAMMAD SALEH BADAWI, 15, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during an incursion.

SAMIH KAMAL MAHMOUD TAWTAH, 16, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest and abdomen during an incursion.

February 2004

7 TARIQ MAJDI ABDUL-MUATIAL-SOUSI, 11, of Gaza City, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre while being driven home from school during a targeted assassination.

11 MUHAMMAD AHMAD MUHAMMAD HALS, 16, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head and abdomen during an incursion.

12 BASHIR KHALIL MUHAMMADABU-ARMANEH, 14, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his neck near the Egyptian border.

March 2004

4 MUHAMMAD ABD-HASSAN OTHMAN, 13, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF tank ﬁre to his abdomen while walking to school during an incursion.

5 MOTAZ NAFEZ HUSSEINAL-SHARAFI, 11, of Gaza City, died of neck and head wounds sustained Feb. 28 from IDF helicopter ﬁre during a targeted assassination.

6 HATEM MAHMOUD IBRAHIM TAFESH, 17, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre near the Erez checkpoint allegedly during an armed clash.

7 MUHAMMAD ALI ABDUL-FATAH BADAWI, 15, of Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF sniper ﬁre to his head and chest while helping wounded people during an incursion.

HAITHEM MUHAMMAD KHALILAL-ISSAWI, 16, of Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his neck outside his home during an incursion.

“ They are as human as we are, as we are. At least, as we used to be only 41 years ago. No less diligent, no less smart, as sensitive, as full of hope. They love their wives and children as we do, no less. And our

children now shoot theirs with lead, plastic bullets, and gas. ”

—Dan Almagor, Israeli poet, professor of Hebrew literature and major television personality, from his poem

“We Shoot Children Too, Don’t We?”

March 2004

MAHMOUD ABDULLAH HASAN YOUNIS, 10, of Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF sniper ﬁre.

SALIM AMR KAHMISABU-ZURAIQ, 13, of Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF sniper ﬁre to his head and chest while helping wounded people during an incursion.

OMAR MUHAMMAD YOUSEFAL-JAMAL, 17, of Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre during an incursion.

KHALED MUSA HEDEEB, 15, of Jerusalem, died of wounds sustained from an Israeli settler beating the previous week.

KHALED SULEIMAN MUHAMMAD MADI, 15, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his back while farming with his brother near the Morag settlement.

BASEL KHALED MAHDI AMRU, 14, of Jenin, killed by IDF special forces gunﬁre to his head and neck at close range during a targeted assassination.

HUSAM NAJAR, INFANT, of Jenin, died at an IDF checkpoint.

THAER MOHAMMAD HARUN EIDAL-HALIKA, 15, of Shioukh al-Aroob, near Hebron, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his back at close range on his way home near Route 60.

17 ALA WAEL ALIAL-NAJILI, 16, of Rafah, Gaza, killed in an IDF helicopter missile strike during an incursion.

MASBAH ABDALLAH MASBAH MOWAFI, 14, of Rafah, Gaza, killed in an IDF helicopter missile strike during an incursion.

20 MUHAMMAD ESHTIWY SALEHABU-MUHSIN, 17, of Balata refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during an incursion.

FATMA MUHAMMAD SHARIFIAL-JALED, 7, of Khan Younis, Gaza, died of head wounds sustained March 19 from IDF gunﬁre to her head while playing in her yard with friends.

AN AMBULANCE driver carries into the hospital a young boy shot by Israeli troops during May 2004’s Operation Rainbow.

MOHAMMED OMER

March 2004

22 AMIR AHMAD YOUSEF ABDUL-AL, 16, of Gaza City, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre during the assassination of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin.

MOSAB HUSSEIN MUHAMMADAL-GHALBAN, 13, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during a demonstration near the Nouria military post protesting Israel’s assassination of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin.

27 KHALED MAHER ZAKI WALWIL, 6, of Balata refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his neck while looking out of a window in his home during an incursion.

April 2004

3 RAMZI ABDUL-RAHMANAL-ALAMNEH, 17, of Tulkarm refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre in an armed clash in the Avne Hefez settlement.

RAMI MUHAMMAD ISMAEL HADIB, 17, of Tulkarm refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen while riding in a car.

4 MUHAMMAD ZIDAN MUSAABU-SAMHADANA, 17, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre near the Gaza perimeter fence while on his way to ﬁnd work in Israel.

SALAMEH ABDUL-KARIM SALEMABU-RAWIDA, 17, of Maghazi refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre near the Gaza perimeter fence while on his way to ﬁnd work in Israel.

OMAR ADNAN ALIAL-RAGHUDI, 16, of Maghazi refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre near the Gaza perimeter fence while on his way to ﬁnd work in Israel.

10 IMAN MUHAMMAD KHALIL TALBIYEH, 12, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to her head while in her kitchen.

16 HUSSEIN MAHMOUD HUSSEIN ELIAN, 17, of Betunya, near Ramallah, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during a demonstration against the annexation wall.

20 KHALDUN ZIAD HASSANABU-JARAD, 17, of Beit Lahya, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during an incursion.

IBRAHIM BASHIR ISMAEL RIAN, 17, of Jabalya, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during an incursion.

21 MUHAMMAD ABDUL-MUTLAB ABDUL-HAMIDAL-AJURI, 16, of Beit Lahya, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during an incursion.

YOUSEF TALEB ABDUL-AZIZAL-DAUR, 14, of Beit Lahya, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his back during an incursion.

RADWAN SAMARA YAQUB HAMTU, 15, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his heart during an incursion.

22 MUHAMMAD RASEM AHMADAL-MALFUH, 17, of Beit Lahya, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his neck while throwing stones at tanks.

MUNA HAMDI SHEHADAABU-TABAK, 10, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to her abdomen and left arm while on her way home.

ASMA ALIABU-QALIQ, 4, of Jabalya, Gaza, killed by IDF tear gas.

MUSA IBRAHIMAL-MUQAYED, 14, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF sniper ﬁre to his back while playing with friends near the Nisanit settlement.

27 ISLAM HASHEM RAZAQ ZAHRAN, 13, of Deir abu-Mashal, near Ramallah, died of head wounds sustained April 18 from an IDF rubbercoated bullet while throwing stones at an observation tower section of the annexation wall.

HADAR HATUEL, 9, of Katif settlement, Gaza, killed, with her three sisters and mother, by Palestinian gunfire while driving in their car near the entrance to the Gush Katif settlement bloc.

HILA HATUEL, 11, of Katif settlement, Gaza, killed, with her three sisters and mother, by Palestinian gunfire while driving in their car near the entrance to the Gush Katif settlement bloc.

MERAV HATUEL, 2, of Katif settlement, Gaza, killed, with her three sisters and mother, by Palestinian gunfire while driving in their car near the entrance to the Gush Katif settlement bloc.

RONI HATUEL, 7, of Katif settlement, Gaza, killed, with her three sisters and mother, by Palestinian gunfire while driving in their car near the entrance to the Gush Katif settlement bloc.

May 2004

1 HUSSEIN SAID ABDALLAHABU-AQR, 8, of Khan Younis refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen and arm while watching armed clashes.

2 KHALED BAHAJAT JABERABU-ALBA, 14, of Gaza City, died of head wounds sustained May 1 from IDF gunﬁre while throwing stones during an incursion.

3 AHMAD JIHAD AHMADAL-KAWALDEH, 16, of Gaza City, died of head wounds sustained April 20 from IDF gunﬁre during an incursion.

4 JAMIL WALID MUHAMMADABU-MUSTAFA, 17, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by an IDF missile to his abdomen during neighborhood demolition near the Tufah checkpoint.

BAHA FALAH ASADABU-ZAYTOUN, 10, of Deir al-Ghosoun, near Tulkarm, killed by an unexploded IDF ordnance while playing with his cousins.

5 RIFAT BAKR RAMADAN ABID, 16, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre near the Karni checkpoint.

7 MUNTASSER MAHMOUD MUHAMMAD DIAB, 17, of Beita, near Nablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre during an incursion.

11 YOUSEF KAMAL ALI HIJAZI, 14, of Gaza City, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre during an incursion.

AHMAD SALEM HAMEDAL-SOWARIKI, 17, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head during an incursion.

HAMDI HAMOUDA MUHAMMAD MUHSIN, 14, of Gaza City, killed by IDF sniper ﬁre during an incursion.

RAMI MUHAMMAD SALEM JAFAR, 16, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre during an incursion.

FADI IBRAHIM HASSAN ELIAN, 17, of Gaza City, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre during an incursion.

IYAD MUHAMMAD MUHAMMAD AFANEH, 14, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre during an incursion.

13 HAMED FAYEZ HAMEDABU-HAMRA, 17, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre during an incursion.

MUHAMMAD MUSA MASBAH MOWAFI, 16, of Rafah refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre during an incursion.

SAMIH YOUSEF MUHAMMADABU-JAZ, 16, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre during an incursion.

MAHMOUD JAMAL MAHMOUDAL-SAQSAQ, 17, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre during an incursion.

FUAD KHALED ABDALLAHABU-HASHEM, 16, of Rafah refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre during an incursion.

18 ASMA MUHAMMAD ALIAL-MUGHAYER, 14, of Rafah, Gaza, killed, with her brother, by IDF sniper ﬁre to her head while hanging laundry on the roof of her home.

AHMAD MUHAMMAD ALIAL-MUGHAYER, 10, of Rafah, Gaza, killed, with his sister, by IDF sniper ﬁre to his head while feeding birds on the roof of his home.

HANI MUHAMMAD ADBEL-RAHMAN QAFAH,17, ofRafah,Gaza, killedbyIDFhelicopterﬁreonhiswaytothemosqueduringanincursion.

MUHAMMAD JASARAL-SHAER, 17, of Rafah, Gaza, killed, with his older brother, in an IDF helicopter missile strike while stopping to help an injured man on their way to the mosque.

IBRAHIM ISMAEL RIBHIAL-BILAWI, 17, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre on his way to the mosque during an incursion.

IBRAHIM JIHAD MUHAMMADAL-QAN, 17, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head while in his home.

19 SABIR AHMAD MUHAMMADABU-LIBDAH, 14, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre during a mass detention.

May 2004

19 MUHAMMAD ABDUABU-NASR,16, ofRafah, Gaza, killedbyanIDF missileduringapeacefuldemonstrationneartheTalZorubmilitarypost.

MAHMOUD TARIQ MAHMOUD MONSUR, 12, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by an IDF missile during a peaceful demonstration near the Tal Zorub military post.

AHMAD JAMAL KHALILABUL-SAID, 14, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by an IDF missile during a peaceful demonstration near the Tal Zorub military post.

MUBARAK SALIM MUBARAKAL-HASHASH, 11, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by an IDF missile during a peaceful demonstration near the Tal Zorub military post.

WALID NAJI SAIDABU-QAMR, 12, of Rafah refugee camp, Gaza, killed by an IDF missile during a peaceful demonstration near the Tal Zorub military post.

RAGEB NIMER MUHAMMAD BARHUM, 17, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by an IDF missile during a peaceful demonstration near the Tal Zorub military post.

20 IYAD MUHAMMAD AFANA, 13, of Gaza City, died of head wounds sustained May 11 from IDF gunﬁre during an incursion.

TAMER YOUNISAL-ARJA, 3, of Rafah, Gaza, died of a heart attack from IDF shelling.

HAMED YASIN HAMED BAHLUL, 16, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre near the zoo.

WAEL MUHAMMAD AHMADABU-JIZER, 16, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre near al-Quds Open University.

ISLAM MUHAMMAD MAHMOUD HUSNIYA, 13, of Fawwar refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head while throwing stones during a demonstration against the Israeli incursion in Rafah.

21 HUSSEIN IBRAHIM HUSSEINAL-LADAH, 17, of Gaza City, died of head wounds sustained May 11 from IDF gunﬁre during an incursion.

22 RAWAN MUHAMMAD SAIDABU-ZID, 4, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to her head and neck while going to the store with her big sister to buy candy.

MUHAMMAD SAMI SUBIHAL-HAMS, 17, of Rafah, Gaza, died of head wounds sustained Oct. 1, 2000 from IDF gunﬁre while throwing stones.

24 ADNAN JAMAL MUHAMMADAL-BEHSH, 14, of Nablus, died of wounds sustained May 22 from IDF gunﬁre.

HAMZA ALI ASAD HUSSEINAL-BORINI, 15, of Balata refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his right knee and leg during an incursion.

June 2004

6 MUHAMMAD JAMAL SUBIH NABHAN, 16, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his back while visiting friends’ graves in a cemetery.

10 HANI MAHMOUD KHALED KANDIL, 13, of Nablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head at close range during an incursion.

25 MUHAMMAD HAITHAM JAMIL FUQUA, 17, of Nablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest while throwing stones from the roof of his house during an incursion.

IHAB MAHER MUHAMMAD ALIAL-SALIM, 17, of Nablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head while looking out of his window during an incursion.

27 MUHAMMAD HUSSEIN RIZIQAL-SHOURBAJI, 11, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF sniper ﬁre to his abdomen and left shoulder while at the door of his family home near the Gadid settlement.

June 2004

28 AFIQ ZAHAVI-OHAYON, 4, of Sderot, killed by a Palestinian rocket while his mother was taking him to the Lilach nursery school.

July 2004

June 2004

29 MUHAMMAD FATHI IBRAHIM AZAB, 16, of Khan Younis, Gaza, died of neck wounds sustained June 20 from IDF gunﬁre while on his way to visit his grandfather near the Neve Dekalim settlement.

MUHAMMAD SALEM ABDUL-KARIMABU-OBEIDAH, 15, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest while checking the water tank on the roof of his home near the Neve Dekalim settlement.

July 2004

1 OMAR MUHAMMAD AWADABU-ZARAN, 12, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre near his home.

2 HAMZA NAHED HASAN HABUSH, 15, of Gaza City, died of chest and abdominal wounds sustained July 1 from IDF gunﬁre while throwing stones near the Hamouda fuel station.

3 IHAB ABDUL-KARIM AHMAD SHATAT, 9, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF tank ﬁre to his chest while walking to the grocery store.

ISHAQ MUIN ISHAQABU-TALEB, 15, of Gaza City, killed by IDF tank ﬁre to his chest while throwing stones.

4 YOUSEF FAYYAD MUHAMMAD NASRALLAH, 17, of Gaza City, died of wounds sustained May 11 from IDF gunﬁre during an incursion.

ADNAN HASAN HUSSEIN MONSUR, 17, of al-Zawayda, near Deir al-Balah, Gaza, killed by IDF tank ﬁre in Beit Hanoun.

ALI ABDUL-HAMIDABU-ALBA, 10, of Jabalya, Gaza, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre to his abdomen.

5 SAFAHAL-SHAER, 4, of Rafah, Gaza, died of wounds sustained July 1 from IDF gunﬁre.

HAMADA ZARB, 14, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF tank ﬁre.

“ Children are paying a

heavy and disproportionate price.

More must

done

ensure that all the region’s children are protected both from the direct and indirect impacts of this tragic conflict. ”

—Pierre Poupard, UNICEF Special Representative in the West Bank and Gaza, in a Geneva press conference, November 15, 2001.

CHILDREN FROM the Mini Palestinian Parliament in Rafah, Gaza, demonstrate in the aftermath of Israel’s Operation Rainbow in 2004.

MOHAMMED OMER

July 2004

August 2004

31 AVIEL ATASH, 3, of Beersheba, killed by a double Palestinian suicide bombing of Israeli bus Nos. 6 and 12 on Rager Blvd. in Beersheba.

September 2004

6 MUHAMMAD KHALED SALEH MUSA SALEH, 16, of Nablus, killed, with his father, by IDF gunﬁre to his face at close range as he opened the door to his home.

ALA HAMADA MUHAMMADAL-SHAER, 15, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF tank ﬁre in his home near the Neve Dekalim settlement.

10 HANIN ODEH AIDAABU-SAMHADANA,16, ofRafah,Gaza, killedby IDFshellingtoherchestwhilehelpingherbrothersdressintheirlivingroom.

SAMR OMAR HASAN FAWJU, 3, of Rafah, Gaza, died of head wounds sustained July 8 from IDF gunﬁre while standing near her home.

19 USAMA SAMIH DAOUDABU-ZAYTOON, 17, of Balata refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest while throwing stones.

24 HUSSAM HILMI MAHMOUD NASR, 16, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed by IDF sniper ﬁre to his chest while on the roof of his home.

25 SAID JAMAL SAIDABU-QAMER, 16, ofTulkarm, killed by undercover Israeli border police gunﬁre to his head at close range while sitting in a restaurant during a targeted assassination.

AHMAD NABIL AHMAD BAROUQ, 16, ofTulkarm, killed by undercover Israeli border police gunﬁre to his head at close range while sitting in a restaurant during a targeted assassination.

26 SARA MAHMOUD MUSA ZUROB, 11, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre while in her home near the Neve Dekalim settlement.

30 MUHAMMAD MAHMOUD MUHAMMAD KHALFALA, 15, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre while throwing stones during a funeral near the Morag settlement.

August 2004

4 ALI ABDUL-RAHIM ASHRAFABU-ALBA,12, ofJabalyarefugee camp,Gaza, killedbyIDFhelicopterﬁretohisabdomenduringanincursion.

5 IMAN SULEIMAN IBRAHIM BARHOUM, 13, of Rafah refugee camp, Gaza, died of head wounds sustained July 30 from IDF gunﬁre while in her home.

7 AHMAD SALEH MUHAMMADAL-QIQ, 15, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre while trying to cross into Israel for work near the Sufah checkpoint.

10 SALIM OMAR SALIMAL-KUSA, 17, of Nablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest while throwing stones during curfew.

11 SALAH RADI MUHAMMAD HOURANI, 17, of Balata refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head and shoulder while throwing stones.

14 SAIFALDEEN SULEIMAN MIAMATAL-BARHOUM, 13, of Rafah refugee camp, Gaza, died of head wounds sustained Aug. 9 from IDF gunﬁre while sitting on his roof near the border with Egypt during an incursion.

17 KHALED JAMAL SALIMAL-ASTA, 8, of Hosh al-Jitan, near Nablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest while in his home.

19 AHMAD ABDUL-FATTAH ALIAL-HAMS, 17, of Rafah refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his heart while trying to rescue his 13-year-old neighbor who had been shot.

31 MAZEN MAJED MUHAMMADAL-AGHA, 15, of Rafah refugee camp, Gaza, died of wounds sustained Aug. 30 from IDF tank ﬁre during neighborhood destruction.

September 2004

2 MUHAMMAD JAMAL JABERABU-MUSBAH, 14, of Deir al-Balah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre while trying to enter a relative’s home he did not realize was still occupied by soldiers.

September 2004

“ Only a new mindset among Israelis and Palestinians can prevent the killing of more children, a mindset that values each child’s life, whereby all those involved in the conflict behave according

the fundamental principles of humanity enshrined in international law. ”

—Amnesty International, in Killing the Future: Children in the Line of Fire, September 30, 2002.

MUNIR SHABAN MUHAMMADAL-SANADI, 15, of Rafah, Gaza, killed byIDFgunﬁrewhileplayinginanorchardnearthe RafahYamsettlement.

MUHAMMAD RAMADAN YOUNISAL-JARU, 17, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre near the Karni checkpoint.

HUSSAM MUHAMMAD ALIABU-ZARKEH, 16, of Khan Younis, Gaza, died of head wounds sustained Aug. 30 in an IDF-controlled explosion which caused a cement block to fall on him.

7 YOUSEF AHMAD MUHAMMADABU-LABDEH, 16, of Rafah, Gaza, died of abdominal wounds sustained May 19 from IDF sniper ﬁre while getting water.

9 MUNIR ANWAR MUHAMMADAL-DAQS,10, ofJabalyarefugeecamp, Gaza, killedbyIsraelitank ﬁretohischestnearhishomeduringanincursion.

10 ABDALLAH HISHAM ASHOUR NASRAL-ZEIN, 16, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling to his head.

15 MARAM MOUFID ABDUL-AZIZAL-NAHLEH, 11, of Nablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre to her face while at home during an incursion.

FAWAZ FAKHRI FAWAZ ZAKARNA, 17, of Qabatya, near Jenin, killed by undercover IDF gunﬁre to his chest while riding in a car during the targeted assassination of his older brother.

22 RAGHDAH ADNAN ABDUL-MUATIAL-ASAR, 9, of Khan Younis refugee camp, Gaza, died of head wounds sustained Sept. 7 from IDF sniper ﬁre while sitting at a desk in her United Nations-administered school near the Neve Dekalim settlement.

23 HUSSAM FATHI AHMAD ABUL-NAJA, 17, of Rafah, Gaza, died of wounds sustained Sept. 19 from IDF gunﬁre while on his roof near the Tal Zorub army post.

28 MAHMOUD NASR NAFEH BAZUR, 16, of Jenin refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest while throwing stones during an incursion.

29 SAID MUHAMMAD HIDU ABUL-EISH, 14, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest while throwing stones during an incursion.

ISRAELI CHILDREN are brought to a Beersheva hospital March 5, 2002 following a Palestinian rocket attack on a house in the southern Israeli town of Sderot. Two rockets were launched from the Gaza Strip, slightly wounding ﬁve Israelis.

AFP PHOTO/MEIR AZULAI YEDIOTH AHARONOTH OUT

September 2004

30 DORIT MASARAT BENISIAN, 2, of Sderot, killed by a Palestinian rocket while playing in the street.

YUVAL ABEBEH, 4, of Sderot, killed by a Palestinian rocket while playing in the street.

September 2004

AHMAD IBRAHIM ABDUL-FATAH MADI, 14, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by the IDF when an electricity tower was knocked on top of him during the demolition of the Palestinian Preventative Security Service ofﬁce in Beit Lahya.

MUHAMMAD TALAL HUSSEIN JABR, 17, of Bureij refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest and abdomen while throwing stones during a incursion near the Netzarim settlement.

MUHAMMAD ABDUL-SALAM SHALHA, 16, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF tank ﬁre during an incursion.

MUHAMMAD KHALED RIHAN, 15, of Jabalya refugee camp, killed by IDF tank ﬁre to his heart.

MUHAMMAD RIFAT AHMAD RIHAN, 14, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling near a United Nations-administered school.

MUHAMMAD RAFET KHALEDAL-RIFI, 16, of Gaza City, killed by IDF shelling near a United Nations-administered school.

ZIAD ALA DIAB OTHMAN SHAMS, 14, of Gaza City, killed by IDF shelling near a United Nations-administered school.

MOTAZ ABDUL-MALEK MUHAMMADAL-BAKRI, 17, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling near a United Nationsadministered school.

NIDAL SAID LUFTIAL-BISHAWI, 14, of Gaza City, killed, with his brother, by IDF shelling near a United Nations-administered school.

SULTAN SAID LUFTIAL-BISHAWI, 13, of Gaza City, killed, with his brother, by IDF tank ﬁre near a United Nations-administered school.

AHMAD ADNAN YEHYAAL-BIRI, 16, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling near a United Nations-administered school.

DIYALDEEN AHMAD ISMAELAL-KAHLOUT, 16, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling.

YAHIA AKRAM AHMAD HAMDAN, 17, of Beit Lahya, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling.

TAMER ABDUL-AZIZ NIHADABUL-SHAKYAN, 14, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling.

ABDALLAH ADEL ABDALLAHABU-ODEH, 16, of Gaza City, killed by IDF shelling.

MAHMOUD MUIN MAHMOUDAL-MADHUN, 17, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling.

October 2004

HANI SAID KHALIL MUSHTAHA, 17, of Gaza City, died of head wounds sustained Sept. 29 from IDF tank ﬁre.

MAHMOUD THARWAT MUHAMMAD ABDUL-QUADER, 12, of Khan Younis, Gaza, died of head wounds sustained July 30 from IDF gunﬁre while throwing stones during a funeral near the Morag settlement.

3 MUHAMMAD THIAB SHAHADEHAL-NAJJAR, 13, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, died of head wounds sustained Oct. 2 from IDF tank ﬁre outside his home during an incursion.

SABER IBRAHIM IYAD ASALIYA, 12, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killedbyIDFgunﬁretohisbackwhiletryingtoescapeduringanincursion.

NIDAL MUHSIN MAHMOUDAL-MADHOUN, 15, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF tank ﬁre to his heart during an incursion.

ISLAM MAHER FAWZIAL-DWEIDAR, 15, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF tank ﬁre to her heart while in her home during an incursion.

LUAY AYMAN MUHAMMADAL-NAJJAR, 4, of Khuza, near Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF tank ﬁre to his head while playing near his home during an incursion.

“ Like all children in the world, we just want to live a normal and peaceful childhood, to be able to reach school safely, and to be able to sleep at night....Are we asking for too much? ”

—Palestinian children in a letter to President George W. Bush, March 5, 2002, read at a Palestine Media Center press conference in Ramallah.

October 2004

5 IMAN SAMIR DARWISHAL-HAMS, 13, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to her head, chest, limbs and abdomen on her way to school near the Tal Zarub army post.

ABDALLAH HUSSEIN ABDALLAH QAMHAN, 15, of Beit Lahya, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling.

MUHAMMAD BASSAM RUSHDI RADAD, 16, of Saida, near Tulkarm, killed by undercover IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen and armpit while throwing stones on his way to school.

ALI KHALED ALIAL-JARU, 17, of Deir al-Balah refugee camp, Gaza, killed by the IDF near the Kfar Darom settlement.

7 RAED ZIAD AHMADABU-ZAYD, 15, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling near a sports club.

SULEIMAN ABED HUSSEIN ABUL-FOUL, 14, of Beit Lahya, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling near a sports club.

MUHAMMAD TUHAMI YOUSEFABU-SEIF, 15, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, died of chest wounds sustained Oct. 1 from IDF tank ﬁre near his home.

SAMAH SAMIR OMAR NASR MUSLEH, 10, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed by IDF tank ﬁre to her abdomen at the entrance to her home.

HASSAN JUMAH YOUSEFAL-SHARATHAH, 13, of Jabalya, Gaza, died of wounds sustained Oct. 5 from IDF tank ﬁre.

13 GHADIR JABER HUSSEIN MUKHEMAR, 9, of Khan Younis refugee camp, Gaza, died of chest wounds sustained Oct. 12 from IDF gunﬁre while in her classroom at a United Nations-administered school.

JIHAD HASSAN BARHUM, 16, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen while playing soccer near the border with Egypt.

25 HISHAM HASSAN HUSNI ASHOUR, 10, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest at a neighborhood gathering.

ABDUL-RAHMAN ISMAEL HASSANABU-NIMER, 17, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre during an incursion.

A PALESTINIAN BOY carries school books in front of the remains of his family’s destroyed home on the eastern edges of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip November 22, 2002.

AFP PHOTO/AYMAN MANSOUR

October 2004

28 RANIA IYAD AHMAD ARAM, 7, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to her neck while preparing to leave for school from her home near the Nouria army post.

SALAH FADEL ABDALLAHABU-ATIYYAH, 15, of Jenin refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest, abdomen and right leg near his home during curfew.

30 IBRAHIM MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM KMEIL, 13, of Jenin, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest while entering the Hiteen school.

November 2004

1 BASHAR SAMI SAID ZABARA, 12, of Askar refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his neck while throwing stones.

6 ALA HASHEM EISAABU-SAMARAH, 15, of Jenin, killed by IDF armored personnel carrier ﬁre to his head while throwing stones.

7 MAHMOUD MAHMOUD FAHMI SALAHALDEEN, 17, of Jenin, killed by undercover IDF gunﬁre at close range.

20 MUNTASER JIHAD RADWAN HADADA, 15, of Nablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre from a jeep while throwing stones during an incursion.

AMR MUHAMMAD DARWISH BANAT, 15, of Nablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre from a jeep while throwing stones during an incursion.

December 2004

9 IYAD SALMAN AWAD GHAYAD, 17, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre near the border with Egypt.

10 RANA OMAR ABDUL-HADI SIYAM, 8, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre while eating lunch in her home near the Neve Dekalim settlement.

17 JIHAD RAMADAN MUHAMMADABU-OMAR, 16, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest near Nasr hospital during an incursion.

24 KAMEL ABDALLAH KAMEL SABARINI, 17, of Tulkarm refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head and left leg.

JAMAL KHALED ADNAN AZEM, 16, of Tulkarm, killed by IDF gunﬁre in an armed clash.

30 MUHAMMAD YEHYA KHALIL ABUL-SAID, 16, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre while in a crowd during an incursion.

31 RIZIQ ZIAD RIZIQ MUSLEH, 16, of Rafah, Gaza, died of wounds sustained Dec. 30 from IDF gunﬁre to his head while playing near the Rafah Yam settlement.

January 2005

4 HANI KAMAL MUHAMMAD GHABEN, 15, of Beit Lahya, Gaza, killed, with two brothers and three cousins, by IDF shelling while tending their family’s land.

BASSAM KAMAL MUHAMMAD GHABEN, 14, of Beit Lahya, Gaza, killed, with two brothers and three cousins, by IDF shelling while tending their family’s land.

MAHMOUD KAMEL MUHAMMAD GHABEN, 12, of Beit Lahya, Gaza, killed, with two brothers and three cousins, by IDF shelling while tending their family’s land.

JABER ABDALLAH MUHAMMAD GHABEN,14, ofBeitLahya,Gaza, killed,withﬁvecousins,byIDFshellingwhiletendingtheirfamily’sland.

January 2005

“ No drought has hit Gaza and the West Bank, no crops have failed and the shops are often full of food. But the failure of the peace process and the destruction of the economy by Israel’s closure policy have had the effect of a terrible natural disaster. ”

—Peter Hansen, Commissioner General of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), in “Hungry in Gaza,” The Guardian, March 5, 2003.

RAJEH GHASSAN KAMAL GHABEN, 10, of Beit Lahya, Gaza, killed, with ﬁve cousins, by IDF shelling while tending their family’s land.

MUHAMMAD HASAN MUSA GHABEN, 17, of Beit Lahya, Gaza, killed, with ﬁve cousins, by IDF shelling while tending their family’s land.

JIBRIL ABDUL-FATTAH IBRAHIMAL-KASEEH, 16, of Beit Lahya, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling.

HAMZAH ABDUL-MINEM JABER, 9, of Hebron, killed by an IDF jeep on the highway near his home.

MUHANAD MAHMOUD YEHYAAL-LAHAM, 17, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed in an exchange of gunﬁre after allegedly trying to bomb the Ganei Tal settlement.

NAJAH MAHMOUD NAIF ZORUB, 16, of Khan Younis, Gaza, died of head wounds sustained Dec. 28 from IDF shelling of her family home.

ALA HAMDI HASSANAL-SHAER, 17, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre in an armed clash after allegedly blowing up an army jeep near the Morag settlement.

OMAR RAMADAN MUHAMMADAL-QRENAWI, 6, of Bureij refugee camp, Gaza, died of head wounds sustained Jan. 13 by IDF tank ﬁre during an incursion.

MUHANAD MUHAMMAD ABDUL-RAHMANAL-MANSI, 17, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre in armed clash at the Karni checkpoint.

16 HAZEM TALAT MAHMOUDAL-HOUT, 15, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his neck while playing near the border with Egypt.

PALESTINIAN SCHOOLGIRLS walk through the rubble of a destroyed building which housed a metal workshop in Gaza City January 26, 2003, after Israeli tanks, bulldozers and Apache helicopters raided Gaza City’s eastern al-Zaitoun district, killing 12 Palestinians and injuring 64 others.

AFP PHOTO/FAYEZ NURELDINE

January 2005

21 AYALA-HAYA ELLAABU-KASIS, 17, of Sderot, died of head wounds sustained Jan. 15 from a Palestinian rocket while protecting her brother.

January 2005

20 SALAHALDEEN ABDUL-FATTAH ABDUL-RAHMANABULEISH, 14, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his neck and back.

SALAHALDEEN AKAB NIMERABU-MUSIN, 13, of Tubas, killed by IDF gunﬁre while throwing stones during an incursion.

24 AHMAD AMR AHMADAL-MASRI, 15, of Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre near the Gaza perimeter fence.

26 RAHMA IBRAHIM MUSAABU-SHAMS, 3, of Deir al-Balah, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling to her head while eating breakfast in her home near the Tal Katif settlement.

27 MARWAN GHALEBABU-ALAWI, 13, of Deir Jarir, near Ramallah, killed by an unexploded IDF ordnance while playing with his cousin in the hills near the village.

29 AHMAD MUSAAL-SAIDABU-MUSTAFA, 16, of Khan Younis, Gaza, died of head wounds sustained Dec. 21 from IDF tank ﬁre.

31 NURAN IYAD DEEB, 11, of Rafah refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF sniper ﬁre to her head while entering her United Nations-administered elementary school.

February 2005

3 MUHAMMAD KAMAL MUHAMMAD GHABEN, 17, of Beit Lahya, Gaza, died, with three brothers and three cousins, of wounds sustained Jan. 4 from IDF shelling while tending their family’s land.

14 SABRI FAYEZ YOUNISAL-RJOUB, 17, of Dura, near Hebron, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest, abdomen, pelvis and right leg after he was beaten.

15 ALA HANI MUHAMMAD DAR-KHALIL, 15, of Beitunya, near Jerusalem, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his neck near the annexation wall.

25 MAZEN AHMAD AWAD BEN-HASAN, 16, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre while trying to cross the Gaza perimeter fence to look for work in Israel.

26 MUHAMMAD ABDUL-HALEM BASHA, 16, of Qalqilya, died of wounds sustained Feb. 21 from IDF gunﬁre.

March 2005

April 2005

FADI HASSAN RAJA KREINI, 17, of Jenin refugee camp, died of abdominal wounds sustained Jan. 28, 2003 from IDF gunﬁre during clashes.

April 2005

May 2005

KHALED FUAD SHAKR GHANNAM, 15, of Rafah refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his neck while playing soccer near the border with Egypt.

ASHRAF SAMIR AHMAD MUSA, 15, of Rafah refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest while playing soccer near the border with Egypt.

HASAN AHMAD KHALILABU-ZAYD, 16, of Rafah refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head while playing soccer near the border with Egypt.

May

2005

JAMAL JABER IBRAHIM ASI, 15, of Beit Liqya, near Jerusalem, killed, with his cousin, by IDF gunﬁre to his heart during a demonstration against the annexation wall.

May 2005

June 2005

May 2005

24 AVIAD MANSOUR, 17, of Otniel settlement, killed in a Palestinian drive-by shooting while waiting at a hitchhiking station near the Beit Haggai settlement.

26 AVIHAI LEVY, 17, of Beit Haggai settlement, died of wounds sustained on June 24 in a Palestinian drive-by shooting while waiting at a hitchhiking station near the settlement.

July 2005

ODAI MUFID MAHMOUD ASI, 14, of Beit Liqya, near Jerusalem, killed, with his cousin, by IDF gunﬁre to the left side of his stomach during a demonstration against the annexation wall.

June 2005

20 IHAB SALAH SALIMAL-NABAHIN, 17, of Bureij refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre while bird hunting near the the Netzarim settlement.

12 RACHEL BEN ABU, 16, of Netanya, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber near the Hasharon mall.

NOFAR HOROWITZ, 16, of Netanya, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber near the Hasharon mall.

July 2005

8 MUHEEB AHMAD NIMER ASI, 15, of Beit Liqya, near Jerusalem, killed by gunﬁre to his chest from an Israeli security guard during a demonstration near the annexation wall.

10 NUR FARIS NJEM, 16, of Balata refugee camp, died of wounds sustained July 7 from IDF gunﬁre to his head while throwing stones at soldiers and settlers during an incursion.

15 MATH JAMAL MUSTAFAAL-SALIMA, 16, of Salﬁt, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head while throwing stones during an incursion.

18 RAGHEB ABDUL-RAHMAN AHMADAL-MASRI, 14, of Deir alBalah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his back while helping people waiting near the abu-Houli checkpoint.

26 MUSA JAMAL IBRAHIMAL-ALAMA, 14, of Beit Omar, near Hebron, killed by an Israeli settler vehicle on Route 60.

“ Whether

children

build a world

of peace or a world of hatred is as much a result of the choices we adults make, as of the choices they make…Children will build a world using the tools and materials we provide them with, so let us choose to teach them the ways of peace. ”

—Dr. Wangari Maathi, founder of the Greenbelt Movement, a Kenyan NGO, September 13, 2001.

ISRAELI CHILDREN play on the beach at the seaside resort of Netanya, north of Tel Aviv, July 11, 2002. The city’s white sandy beach is now a world away from the sunbaked West Bank hills of the Palestinian self-rule town of Tulkarm. Before the intifada erupted 21 months earlier, Tulkarm residents not only swam or shopped in Netanya, they worked or did business there, and Israelis went to Tulkarm to buy food like hummus, meet employees or traders, and get their cars repaired.

AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA

August 2005

8 TAMER ASAD KHADER JABER ZANDIK, 17, of Nur al-Shams refugee camp, killed by IDF sniper ﬁre to his head while sitting outside his home.

24 ANAS MAROUF ASSAFABU-ZAINA, 16, ofTulkarm refugee camp, killed by undercover IDF gunﬁre during a targeted assassination.

MUHAMMAD TARIQ ABDUL-LATIF OTHMAN, 16, of Tulkarm refugee camp, killed by undercover IDF gunﬁre during a targeted assassination.

MAHMOUD MUHAMMAD ISMAEL HUDAIB, 16, ofTulkarm refugee camp, killed by undercover IDF gunﬁre during a targeted assassination.

September 2005

6 NIMER RIYAD ABDUL-HAMIDAL-SADONI, 17, of Khan Younis refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre in the Gush Katif settlement bloc during “Gaza Disengagement.”

22 FADEL KHALILABU-ARAM, 14, ofYatta, near Hebron, died of wounds sustained Aug. 17 from an unexploded Israeli ordnance.

24 RAWAD FATHI RABAH FARAHAT, 17, of Gaza City, killed by an IDF missile during a targeted assassination.

30 ODAI KHALED SAID TANTAWI, 13, of Askar refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his left shoulder while playing.

October 2005

17 OZ BEN-MEIR, 15, of Maon settlement, killed in a Palestinian drive-by shooting at a hitchhiking station near the Gush Etzion settlement bloc.

October 2005

9 BASSAM MUHAMMAD SULEIMANABU-GHARABA, 15, of Deir al-Balah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his neck near the Gaza perimeter fence.

20 AKRAM TAYSEER MAHMOUD ZAOUL, 17, of Hussan, near Bethlehem, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest while throwing stones on Route 60 near the Kfar Etzion settlement bloc.

22 ABDALLAH FARAJ MUHAMMAD YEHYAAL-TAMIMI, 17, of Deir Nizam, near Ramallah, killed by IDF gunﬁre while throwing stones at settlers’ cars.

27 RAMI RIYAD AYMAN ASSAF, 17, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by an IDF missile ﬁred from a drone during a targeted assassination.

KARAM MUHAMMAD MUHAMMADABU-NAJI, 15, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed, with his cousin, by an IDF missile ﬁred from a drone during a targeted assassination.

SALEH SAID MUHAMMADABU-NAJI, 15, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed, with his cousin, by an IDF missile ﬁred from a drone during a targeted assassination.

November 2005

5 AHMAD ISMAEL MUHAMMADAL-KHATIB, 12, of Jenin refugee camp, died in an Israeli hospital of head and abdominal wounds sustained Nov. 3 from IDF gunﬁre while carrying a toy gun. Ahmed’s organs, donated by his father, saved the lives of three Israeli children and a 54-year-old Israeli woman.

8 MUHAMMAD HAMDI MUHAMMADABU-SALHA, 15, of Nablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head.

December 2005

January 2006

February 2006

“ People have a feeling of helplessness and inability to resist. That translates into hopelessness, which leads to depression. ”

—Eyad R. El Sarraj, M.D., a psychiatrist and chair of the Gaza Community Mental Health Program, as quoted in the October 2003 Psychiatric Times

TWO DAYS AFTER the September 11, 2005 departure of Israeli occupation forces, Gazans stand amid the rubble of demolished houses in the formersettlementofMorag in the northern Gaza Strip.

2 SAYED ABDUL-HADI HAMDANABU-LEBDEH, 15, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre while working his land near the Gaza perimeter fence.

11 BILAL WAQID IBRAHIMAL-SHAER, 17, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre while trying to cross into Israel for work.

January 2006

21 MUAMEN MAJED KHALIL WASHAH, 15, of Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre while trying to cross into Israel.

23 MUNADEL MUHAMMAD SALEHABU-ELIA, 13, of al-Mughayer, near Ramallah, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his back.

26 AYA MUHAMMAD SULEIMANAL-ASTAL, 9, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre near the Kissuﬁm crossing.

February 2006

5 NASR RAMADAN SAID MARSHUD, 16, of Gaza City, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre while driving a wounded man to the hospital after an airstrike at the al-Shams sports club.

9 MARWAN AHMAD SALMAN AMAR, 17, of Jabalya refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre during clashes at Erez checkpoint.

15 MUJAHIDAL-SAMADI, 15, of Qabatya, near Jenin, mentally disabled, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest while carrying a toy gun during an incursion.

19 IBRAHIM MUHAMMAD AHMADAL-SHIEKH ALI, 16, of Balata refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his neck while standing on the roof of his home during an incursion.

MUHAMMAD AHMAD MUHAMMADAL-NATOUR, 16, of Balata refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his neck while standing on the roof of his friend’s home during an incursion.

March 2006

28 KHALID SALAAM ZIADIN, 16, of western Negev desert, killed by an unexploded IDF shell in a field near Nahal Oz used as a staging ground for Israeli artillery brigades to shell targets in the northern Gaza Strip.

30 SHAKED LASKER, 16, of Kedumim settlement, killed by a Palestinian suicide bomber near the settlement entrance.

April 2006

AMR HASAN HASAN BASIOUNI, 16, of Ayn Beit al-Ma refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his face while on the roof of his home during an incursion.

6 AHMAD NASR MUHAMMADAL-SWAISI, 14, of Gaza City, killed by an IDF missile during a targeted assassination.

MAHMOUD AHMAD ADELAL-BATASH, 16, of Gaza City, killed, with his brother, by an IDF missile during a targeted assassination.

RAED AHMAD ADELAL-BATASH, 11, of Gaza City, killed, with his brother, by an IDF missile during a targeted assassination.

17 AKABER ABDUL-RAHMAN IZZAT ZAYD, 7, of Yamoun, near Jenin, killed by IDF gunﬁre to her head while riding in her uncle’s car during an incursion.

25 HAMAD HAMDAN MAHMOUD MUSLEH, 16, of Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre near the Gaza perimeter fence.

April 2006

MUHAMMAD FARID HASAN ZAYED, 15, of Kalandya refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen while running away from an army jeep.

7 BILAL IYAD MUHAMMADABUL-EINEIN, 5, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by an IDF missile during the targeted assassination of his father.

9 SAMEH NIZAR ADELAL-SHAFI, 17, of Nablus, died of wounds sustained April 6 from IDF gunﬁre while throwing stones on his way to school during an incursion.

10 HADEEL MUHAMMAD RABIH ABDULLAH GHABEN, 8, of Beit Lahya, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling to her head while doing homework in her home.

11 AMIR MAHER MUHAMMAD SHAWAHNA, 15, of Silat alHarthiya, near Jenin, died of head wounds sustained April 8 from an IDF rubber-coated bullet while throwing stones during an incursion.

17 MAMDOUH MUHAMMAD KHALIL OBAID, 15, of Sheikh Zayed, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling while playing soccer near his home.

May 2006

June 2006

May 2006

20 MUHANAD HAMDI FAROUQ AMAN, 6, of Gaza City, killed, with his mother and aunt, by an IDF missile during a targeted assassination.

26 ARAFA BASHIR ZINDAH, 17, of Fadous, near Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed by an unexploded IDF shell.

June 2006

9 HAITHEM ALI EISA GHALYA, 5 MONTHS, of Beit Lahya, Gaza, killed, with his mother, father and four sisters, by IDF shelling from an offshore warship while having a family picnic at Waha beach.

HANADI ALI EISA GHALYA, 18 MONTHS, of Beit Lahya, Gaza, killed, with her mother, father, brother and three sisters, by IDF shelling from an offshore warship while having a family picnic at Waha beach.

SABRIN ALI EISA GHALYA, 4, of Beit Lahya, Gaza, killed, with her mother, father, brother and three sisters, by IDF shelling from an offshore warship while having a family picnic at Waha beach.

ILHAM ALI EISA GHALYA, 15, of Beit Lahya, Gaza, killed, with her mother, father, brother and three sisters, by IDF shelling from an offshore warship while having a family picnic at Waha beach.

June 2006

9 ALIA ALI EISA GHALYA, 17, of Beit Lahya, Gaza, killed, with her mother, father, brother and three sisters, by IDF shelling from an offshore warship while having a family picnic at Waha beach.

HISHAM ASHRAF FAROUQAL-MUGHRABI, 14, of Gaza City, killed, with his brother and father, by an IDF missile while gathered at the site of a targeted assassination.

MAHER ASHRAF FAROUQAL-MUGHRABI, 8, of Gaza City, killed, with his brother and father, by an IDF missile while gathered at the site of a targeted assassination.

RAFIQ MUHAMMAD FARAJAL-MUBAYED, 17, of Gaza City, killed by an IDF missile while at the site of a targeted assassination.

SAMIA MAHMOUD ZIADAL-SHARIF, 5, of Gaza City, killed by an IDF missile while going to her local grocery store during a targeted assassination attempt.

MUHAMMAD JAMAL SHUKRI RUQA, 6, of Gaza City, killed by an IDF missile while going to his local grocery store during a targeted assassination attempt.

BILAL JASERAL-HISI, 16, of Gaza City, killed by an IDF missile while at work during a targeted assassination attempt.

21 MAJZARAH SHABAN ABDUL-QADER AHMAD, 12 HOURS, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed, with her mother and uncle, by an IDF missile during a targeted assassination attempt.

“ It is the children who will be traumatized for years to come, for their entire lives. They—if they survive—will be the innocent victims of false and brutal politics. The seeds are being sown for vengeance for years to come. And the governments of the world look on. ”

—Juno Sylva Englander, President, Global Mothers (Austria), in an e-mail message to Remember These Children, July 24, 2002.

FOR THE FIRST time in their lives, Palestinian children play on the beach September 18, 2005 at Khan Younis, a week after the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.

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July 2006

FIDAH NIMER MUHAMMADABU-KANDIL, 16, of Jenin, killed by IDF gunﬁre.

AHMAD EID IBRAHIM NAGHNAGHEYA, 16, of Jenin refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre after he was arrested during a funeral.

7 ANWAR ISMAEL ABDUL-GHANI ATALLAH, 12, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, died of head wounds sustained July 5 from IDF gunﬁre.

AMR MUSTAFA ABDUL-RAHMAN HANOUN, 16, of Jenin refugee camp, died of wounds sustained July 6 from IDF gunﬁre while at a funeral.

8 RAWAN FARID SHABAN HAJAJ, 6, of Gaza City, killed, with her older brother, while in their home when the IDF bombed their neighborhood gas station.

MAHFOUZ FARID SABER NUSIR, 15, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed by an IDF missile outside Hayel Abdul-Hamid secondary school.

AHMAD GHALIB NIMERABU-AMSHA, 16, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed by an IDF missile outside Hayel Abdul-Hamid secondary school.

AHMAD FATHI ODEH SHABAT, 16, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed by an IDF missile outside Hayel Abdul-Hamid secondary school.

KHALED NIDAL ABDUL-KARIM WAHBAH, 15 MONTHS, of Salah al-Din, near Khan Younis, Gaza, died of wounds sustained June 21 in an IDF missile strike during a targeted assassination attempt.

WALID MAHMOUD AHMAD EL-ZEINATI, 12, of Gaza City, died of wounds sustained July 6 in an IDF missile strike.

12 SOMAYA NABIL ABDUL-LATIFABU-SALMEYA, 17, of Gaza City, disabled, killed, with her parents, two brothers and four sisters, in IDF airstrikes on their family home.

BASMA NABIL ABDUL-LATIFABU-SALMEYA, 16, of Gaza City, killed, with her parents, two brothers and four sisters, in IDF airstrikes on their family home.

HUDA NABIL ABDUL-LATIFABU-SALMEYA, 13, of Gaza City, killed, with her parents, two brothers and four sisters, in IDF airstrikes on their family home.

IMAN NABIL ABDUL-LATIFABU-SALMEYA, 12, of Gaza City, killed, with her parents, two brothers and four sisters, in IDF airstrikes on their family home.

YEHYA NABIL ABDEL-LATIFABU-SALMEYA, 10, of Gaza City, killed, with his parents, brother and ﬁve sisters, in IDF airstrikes on their family home.

AYA NABIL ABDEL-LATIFABU-SALMEYA, 9, of Gaza City, killed, with her parents, two brothers and four sisters, in IDF airstrikes on their family home.

NASRALLAH NABIL ABDUL-LATIFABU-SALMEYA, 7, of Gaza City, killed, with his parents, brother and ﬁve sisters, in IDF airstrikes on their family home.

MAHMOUD MUHAMMAD KHALILAL-ASAR, 15, of Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre near the abu-Holi checkpoint.

IBRAHIM ALI MUSTAFA QATUSH, 15, of Deir al-Balah, Gaza, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre near the abu-Holi checkpoint.

AHMAD ABDUL-MENEM MUHAMMADABU-HAJAJ, 16, of Bureij refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre near the abu-Holi checkpoint.

IBRAHIM ALI IBRAHIMAL-NABAHIN, 15, of Bureij refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre near the abu-Holi checkpoint.

SALAH HASSAN HAMMADABU-MAKTOMAH, 17, of Bureij refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre near the abu-Holi checkpoint.

A YOUNG GIRL retrieves what is left of her belongings after Israeli F-16s bombed her home and others in southern Gaza’s Rafah refugee camp.

“ House demolitions have become the hallmark of the occupation. Indeed, since 1967 Israel has demolished almost 18,000 Palestinian homes, leaving more than 70,000 without shelter and traumatized. The systematic demolition of Palestinian homes is an attack on an entire people, an attempt to make the Palestinians submit to a mini-state or worse, an ‘autonomous’ set of islands—under Israeli control. We need to struggle against the occupation so that both our peoples will eventually enjoy the fruits of a just peace. ”

—Jeff Halper Coordinator Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions

July 2006

13 RAJI OMAR JABER DAIFALLAH, 16, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, died of wounds sustained July 10 in an IDF missile strike outside Hayel AbdulHamid secondary school.

15 KHALIL IBRAHIM ABEDABU-MAGHSEEB, 17, of Wadi al-Salqa, near Deir al-Balah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre near the Kissuﬁm checkpoint.

17 MUHANAD SAAD AHMAD MUSLEH, 16, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre while in his bedroom.

19 ALI KAMAL MUHAMMADAL-NAJAR, 13, of Maghazi refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling.

AHMAD ROHI HASSAN ABDU, 13, of Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza, killed by an IDF missile ﬁred from a drone.

20 FADWA FAYSAL SULEIMANAL-ARROUQI, 13, of Maghazi refugee camp, Gaza, died of wounds sustained July 19 from IDF shelling which also killed her mother.

MUHAMMAD AWAD MUHAMMAD MUHRA, 14, of Jabalya, Gaza, killed by IDF sniper ﬁre to his chest.

21 MUAMEN JABER HAMDI HARARA, 16, of Gaza City, killed, with his older brother and cousin, by IDF shelling while on his roof during an incursion.

24 SALEH IBRAHIM ABDUL-RAUF NASR, 14, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling while at home in building 10 of the al-Nada towers.

NADI HABIB ABDULLAHAL-ATTAR, 10, of Atatra, near Beit Lahya, Gaza, killed, with his grandmother, by IDF shelling while riding on an animal-drawn cart.

KHITAM MUHAMMAD REBHI TAYEH, 11, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling while on her way to the grocery store.

25 ASHRAF ABDULLAH AWADABU-ZAHER, 14, of al-Qarara, near Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his back while tending his family’s agricultural land.

26 BARA AHMAD HUSSEIN HABIB, 2, of Gaza City, killed by an IDF missile ﬁred from a drone to his head and abdomen during a targeted assassination.

SHAHID SAMIR ATA OUKAL, 8 MONTHS, of Jabalya, Gaza, killed, with her sister and mother, by IDF shelling.

MARIA SAMIR ATA OUKAL, 5, of Jabalya, Gaza, killed, with her sister and mother, by IDF shelling.

MALEK MAHYOUB SHABANAL-MASHARAWI, 17, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre while walking armed during an incursion.

27 MAHMOUD MUHAMMAD HAMDI OMARABU-QADAMA, 16, of Askar refugee camp, died of abdominal wounds sustained July 19 from IDF gunﬁre.

AHMAD ISMAEL SABERABU-AMSHA, 15, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling while at home.

ANAS KHALED ABDUL-SALAM ZAMLAT, 11, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, died of wounds sustained July 26 from IDF tank ﬁre.

NAHID MUHAMMAD FAWZIAL-SHANBARI, 16, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling near his home.

August 2006

1 AREF AHMAD EIDABU-QAIDA, 14, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling while in his grandfather’s house.

SOMAYA SAMIR ATA OUKAL, 13, of Jabalya, Gaza, died of wounds sustained July 26 from IDF shelling which also killed her mother and two sisters.

ANIS SALEM JADUAABU-AWAD, 11, of Rafah, Gaza, killed in an IDF airstrike.

SHAHED SALEH OMARAL-SHEIKH EID, 3 DAYS, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling.

5 AMMAR RAJAAL-NATOUR, 17, of Rafah, Gaza, killed, with his sister, by an IDF missile ﬁred from a drone while ﬂeeing shelling.

KIFAH RAJAAL-NATOUR, 15, of Rafah, Gaza, killed, with her brother, by an IDF missile ﬁred from a drone while ﬂeeing shelling.

IBRAHIM SULEIMANAL-RUMAILAT, 13, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by an IDF missile ﬁred from a drone to his back and shoulder.

9 RAJA SALAMABU-SHABAN, 3, of Gaza City, killed by an IDF missile.

AHMAD HUSSEIN MUHAMMADAL-MISHAL, 16, of Shati refugee camp, Gaza, killed by IDF helicopter ﬁre while working in an orchard.

14 AHMAD YOUSEF ABED ASHOUR, 13, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed by an IDF missile while in a crowd that gathered near the site of an abandoned Palestinian homemade rocket launcher.

23 MUSTAFA HASSAN AHMAD MONSUR, 17, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre during clashes at the Gaza perimeter fence.

26 MUNTASSER SULEIMAN MUHAMMAD AKKA, 15, of Askar refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his back while throwing stones at IDF bulldozers destroying a building in Nablus.

29 MUHAMMAD ABDULLAH SULEIMANAL-ZIQ, 14, of Gaza City, killed by an IDF missile ﬁred from a drone.

30 NIDAL ABDUL AZIZAL-DAHDOUH, 14, of Gaza City, killed by IDF sniper ﬁre.

HUSSAM AHMAD MUHAMMADAL-SARSAWI, 12, of Gaza City, died of wounds sustained Aug. 27 from IDF tank ﬁre.

September 2006

6 ISMAEL MAJED HAMDANABU-RUK, 15, of Khuzah, near Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF sniper ﬁre to his chest while on his roof during an incursion.

10 JIHAD SULEIMAN SELMIABU-SNAIMA, 14, of Rafah, Gaza, killed by IDF shelling while at home near the Gaza airport.

12 MUHAMMAD OMAR AWAD SHORIYA, 13, of Rakhma, near Bethlehem, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his back while throwing stones at soldiers demolishing a Bethlehem home.

14 HANAN MUHAMMAD ISMAELABU-ODEH, 16, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, died of wounds sustained Sept. 2 from IDF gunﬁre while trying to help her father and older brother, who were also killed, in front of their home during an incursion.

21 ALA SAQER DAHROUJABU-DAHROUJ, 15, of Jabalya, Gaza, killed by an IDF missile while herding sheep.

ZIDAN RAFIQ MUHAMMADABU-RASHID, 16, of Jabalya, Gaza, killed by an IDF missile while herding sheep.

MUHAMMAD SELMI MUHAMMAD MASALHA, 17, of Jabalya, Gaza, killed by an IDF missile while herding sheep.

27 DAMALIZ AHMAD MUHAMMAD HAMAD, 14, of Rafah refugee camp, Gaza, killed in an IDF airstrike on a neighbor’s house.

September 2006

October 2006

September 2006

29 ANWAR ABDUL-GHANI MUHAMMAD HAMDAN, 16, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed, with his brother, by an IDF missile while riding their bicycles past an abandoned Palestinian rocket launching site.

HAMAM ABDUL-GHANI MUHAMMAD HAMDAN, 13, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed, with his brother, by an IDF missile while riding their bicycles past an abandoned Palestinian rocket launching site.

October 2006

3 NAJI KHALED ISMAELAL-BARDAWIL, 15, of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed in an IDF missile strike on a neighboring building.

9 MAHMOUD JAMAL AHMADABU-NASR, 14, of Beit Lahya, Gaza, killed by an IDF missile while salvaging an abandoned homemade rocket launcher.

12 IMAN USAMA FADELAL-HARAZIN, 2, of Gaza City, killed in an IDF airstrike while walking with her father.

SUHAIB ADEL ZEREI MAHMOUD QUDAIH, 13, of Abasan alKabira, near Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by an IDF missile while in his home.

23 IBRAHIM FUAD ABDUL-LATIFAL-SHANBARI, 17, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre while involved in an inter-family dispute during an incursion.

26 AHMAD KAMAL MUHAMMADAL-BARIM, 17, of Bani Suhaila, near Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre.

27 MUSTAFA MUSTAFA JABER JABER, 16, of Fara refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre during an incursion.

November 2006

2 MUHAMMAD SAMIR HUSSEINI MAHMOUD, 17, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by an IDF missile while administering ﬁrst aid to a victim at the scene of a targeted assassination.

BARA RIYAD MUHAMMAD FAYYAD, 4, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, died of wounds sustained Nov. 1 from IDF shelling of his home.

3 AHMAD ISMAEL SAHWEEL, 15, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during a demonstration.

HAMZA MUHAMMAD AYUB KARSUA, 17, of Beit Lahya, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest during a demonstration.

HAMDI RAMADAN MUHAMMAD ABDUL-DAYEM, 16, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest near his home during a demonstration.

RAED ALIAL-MAJID YASIN, 15, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed in an IDF airstrike while at the scene of a targeted assassination.

IBRAHIM MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM SANAKRA, 15, of Balata refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre while trying to help his wounded brother, the target of an assassination attempt.

ABDUL-KARIM KHALIL AYYAD SUBIH, 16, of al-Saf, near Bethlehem, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head while throwing stones at bulldozers destroying a neighborhood home.

IBRAHIM JAMAL HASANAL-BASSIUNI, 17, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, died of wounds sustained Nov. 3 from IDF helicopter ﬁre during an incursion.

MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM ABED BALOUSHA, 15, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head.

WALAH TALAL ABDUL-KARIM NASR, 13, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to her head while trying to escape bulldozers destroying her home.

RAMZI MOWAFAQAL-SHRAFI, 16, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed by an IDF missile while on his way to school.

November 2006

8 FATIMA MASOUD ABDULLAHAL-ATHAMNA, 16, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed, with 16 family members, by IDF shelling while asleep at home.

MAHDI SAID ABDULLAHAL-ATHAMNA, 13, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed, with 16 family members, by IDF shelling while asleep at home.

MUHAMMAD SAID ABDULLAHAL-ATHAMNA, 14, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed, with 16 family members, by IDF shelling while asleep at home.

SAAD MAJDI SAIDAL-ATHAMNA, 8, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed, with 16 family members, by IDF shelling while asleep at home.

MAHMOUD AMJADAL-ATHAMNA, 12, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed, with 16 family members, by IDF shelling while asleep at home.

MARAM RAMEZ MASOUDAL-ATHAMNA, 2, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed, with 16 family members, by IDF shelling while asleep at home.

MAISA RAMEZ MASOUDAL-ATHAMNA, 6 MONTHS, of Beit Hanoun, Gaza, killed, with 16 family members, by IDF shelling while asleep at home.

NIMER MUHAMMAD ALIABU-NADIA, 17, of Jabalya, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his chest.

12 MUSA AHMAD MUSLEH ZUHOD, 14, of Beit Lahya, Gaza, killed by an IDF missile while standing near a homemade Palestinian rocket launcher.

MAHMOUD HUSSEIN MUSTAFAABU-HAMADA, 17, of Jabalya, Gaza, died of wounds sustained Nov. 6 from an IDF missile strike at the Jabalya Youth Club.

18 THAER HASAN ABEDAL-MASRI, 17, of Bedouin village, near Beit Layha, Gaza, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his neck and chest while farming near his home during an incursion.

20 RAKAN ABED KAYED NUSEIRAT, 16, of al-Auja, near Jericho, killed by the IDF at the al-Dyouk checkpoint while holding a toy gun on his way home.

“ Security for any nation is not abstract; neither is it exclusive. It depends on the security of others; it depends on mutual respect and trust. ”

—Nelson Mandela, address on the International Day of Solidarity With the Palestinian People, December 4, 1997.

A FAMILY waits in line to collect water in Khan Younis, Gaza, July 18, 2006.

November 2006

22 ADHAM KHALEDAL-SAHABANI, 17, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head while riding in a car.

24 ABDUL-AZIZ SALMAN MUHAMMAD SALMAN,10, of Beit Lahya, Gaza, killed by IDF tank ﬁre to his abdomen while playing by al-Zawia mosque.

30 SHADI ISAM NAYEF BANI-SHAMS,17, ofBeita,nearNablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his abdomen while throwing stones during an incursion.

December 2006

2 AYMAN ABDUL QADERABU-MAHDI, 10, of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, died of head wounds sustained Nov. 25 from IDF gunﬁre while playing near his home.

3 JAMIL ABDUL-KARIM JAMIL JABJI, 5, of Askar refugee camp, killed by IDF gunﬁre from a jeep to his head while throwing stones.

13 ALA AHMAD MUHAMMAD MAKAWI, 17, of Gaza City, killed by IDF gunﬁre while trying to cross the Gaza perimeter fence.

19 DOA NASR SALEH ABDUL-QADER, 13, of Faroun, near Tulkarm, killed by IDF gunﬁre from a jeep to her chest and hand while going to visit her friend’s grandmother near the annexation wall.

January 2007

4 ALA FAWAZ MUHAMMAD HAMRAN, 16, of Araba, near Jenin, killed by undercover IDF gunﬁre during an incursion in Ramallah.

18 ABIR BASSAM ABED-RABOAL-ARAMIN, 10, of Anata, near Jerusalem, died of head wounds sustained Jan. 17 while in her schoolyard from an IDF percussion grenade during a demonstration against the annexation wall.

MAHMOUD HUSSAMABU-SALHA, 15, of Nablus, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his head while throwing stones during an incursion.

24 MAHRAN ZAKARIA SALMANABU-NSIR, 16, of Deir al-Balah, killed by IDF gunﬁre while trying to cross the Gaza perimeter fence to look for work in Israel.

25 FADEL MUTLAQ DAJI BALAWNA, 17, of Tulkarm, killed by undercover IDF gunﬁre to his back while attempting to escape arrest.

February 2007

1 TAHA MUHAMMAD SUBHIAL-QUALJAWI, 16, of Kafr Aqab, near Jerusalem, killed by IDF gunﬁre to his thigh while trying to cross Israel’s annexation wall near the Kalandya refugee camp.

3 NADER KAMAL AHMAD, 16, of Beit Lahya, died of head wounds sustained Nov. 21 from the IDF during an incursion.

March 2007

21 MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM ISMAEL JABER BARGHOUTI, 17, of Aboud, near Ramallah, killed by IDF gunﬁre from a jeep while throwing stones.

Things YouCan Do…

Raise awareness. Help others to learn more about the nature of violence against children in Israel/Palestine—by inviting Palestinian or Israeli children’s rights, humanitarian or peace organizations to speak in your community, encouraging a local theater to show a documentary on the subject, or holding a memorial vigil at which the children’s names are read.

Voice your concerns.

Set aside some time each week to write your elected representatives (see contact information at right), asking your government to provide humanitarian funding to protect children caught in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and to apply pressure on both sides to ensure that children are never targets of violence.

• Write to Israeli and Palestinian officials in your country, urging that both the government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority act at all times in the best interests of children—especially in protecting them from violence. • Write your newspaper and magazine editors, asking them to increase their coverage of the impacts this conflict has on Palestinian and Israeli children.

These letters are more important than you may realize in changing government policies and media approaches to the Middle East.

Be informed. Join the e-mail list of a children’s rights or a peace group for current updates on the issues facing children in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, or talk to those who have direct knowledge of the area.

Some suggested Web sites:

Amnesty International (USA) (www.amnestyusa.org/countries/israel_and_occupied_territories/index.do)

B’Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (www.btselem.org)

Defense for Children International (www.dci-is.org)

Defense for Children International/Palestinian Section (http://www.dci-pal.org)

Human Rights Watch, Middle East (www.hrw.org/mideast/is-ot-pa.php)

Middle East Children’s Alliance (www.mecaforpeace.org)

The Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (www.pcrf.net)

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (www.pchrgaza.org)

The Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice (www.rachelcorriefoundation.org)

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (www.un.org/unrwa)

Remember These Children (www.rememberthesechildren.org) Sponsors:

American Educational Trust/Washington Report on Middle East Affairs (www.wrmea.com)

Americans for Middle East Understanding (www.ameu.org)

The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (www.icahd.org)

The Parents Circle – Bereaved Families Forum (www.theparentscircle.org)

President

The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW

Washington, DC 20500

phone: (202) 456-1111

fax: (202) 456-2461

e-mail: president@whitehouse.gov

Senator

United States Senate

Washington, DC 20510

phone: (202) 244-3121 (ask for your senator) web: www.senate.gov

Secretary of State

U.S. Department of State

Washington, DC 20520

phone: (202) 647-6575

fax: (202) 261-8577

e-mail: secretary@state.gov

Representative

U.S. House of Representatives

Washington, DC 20515

phone: (202) 244-3121 (ask for your rep.) web: www.house.gov

Non-U.S. readers are urged to contact their respective leaders, representatives, concerned organizations and media with the same message.

TO SEND COPIES of this booklet to your elected representatives, members of your church, synagogue or mosque, local school, university, library, newspaper, radio or TV station, or to your favorite children’s organization, please contact:

American Educational Trust

(800) 368-5788