Israeli rights group B\u2019Tselem has condemned the \u2018unprecedented killing of Palestinian children and teenagers in the West Bank\u2019.<\/p>\n
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Israeli attacks have killed at least eight Palestinians including two children in Gaza, and a 15-year-old boy in the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n
An Israeli drone attacked the Wadi al-Salqa bridge on al-Baraka Street in central Gaza on Monday morning, killing eight-year-old Malik Wael Abu Shaweesh, as well as Ali Fayez Isbaitan and Hassan Salman al-Hanajra, the Wafa news agency reported.<\/p>\n
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In a separate incident, a displaced twenty-three year old woman and her one-year old daughter were killed when their tent was hit by an Israeli attack in the al-Mawasi neighbourhood in Khan Younis in southern Gaza.<\/p>\n
Another Israeli strike in the town of Qarara, north west of Khan Younis, killed a thirty-one year old man, according to Nasser Medical Complex, and two people were killed when an Israeli strike hit a tent sheltering displaced Palestinians along the coastal area of Khan Younis.<\/p>\n
In the West Bank, 15-year-old Ahmad Jawad Jaber died on the way to hospital after being shot in the chest and head during an Israeli raid on the Umm al-Sharayit neighbourhood in el-Bireh, near Ramallah, the Palestinian health ministry said.<\/p>\n
Laila Ghannam, the governor of Ramallah and el-Bireh, was among the mourners at the Palestine Medical Complex where the teenager\u2019s body was taken.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday, we witnessed a clear-cut execution in broad daylight,\u201d Ghannam told AFP. She said his killing was \u201ca disgrace to all institutions who claim to uphold democracy and human rights\u201d.<\/p>\n