
Defense for Children
@DCIPalestine
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Civil society organization dedicated to defending the human rights of Palestinian children in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Joined March 2011
Israeli forces killed 17-year-old Obaida Jawabreh today in Al-Arroub refugee camp in the southern West Bank. Obaida was the subject of a @DCIPalestine short film with the same name released in 2019. RIP Obaida.
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BREAKING: Israeli forces killed 5-year-old Alaa Abdullah Riyad Qaddoum today in an airstrike in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood of Gaza City. Alaa's father and six-year-old brother were injured in the same attack. #GazaUnderAttack
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NEW: Israeli forces assaulted & strangled 14-year-old Majd while detaining & interrogating him for 24 hours before releasing him on the side of the road, unable to walk. #nowaytotreatachild. Read more:
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Her name was Dunia Abu Mohsen. She survived an Israeli airstrike that killed her family in Gaza, only to die days later when Israel shelled the hospital she was recovering in. We illuminated her story across London for #HumanRightsDay. This is genocide.
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🚨 Doctors at besieged Al-Shifa Hospital have removed 39 premature babies from incubators due to lack of oxygen. At least one baby has already died. Israeli forces have surrounded Al-Shifa and are shooting anyone who tries to leave, including doctors moving between buildings.
🚨 URGENT UPDATE: Doctors in #Gaza have issued an urgent warning that the lives of 130 premature babies are in imminent danger if fuel does not reach hospitals soon. 1/4
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UPDATE: The Palestinian child death count in Gaza has climbed to 614, according to the Ministry of Health.
GAZA UPDATE: At least 583 Palestinian children have been killed by the Israeli military offensive on Gaza, 1/3 of the total death toll. Israeli forces have made clear their plans to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
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Saddam Hussein Iyad Mohammad Rajab succumbed to his injuries today around 8 p.m. at Al-Istishari Hospital in Ramallah, 10 days after an Israeli soldier shot him in the abdomen. The soldier later said to Saddam's father, "“I am the one who shot your son. God willing, he will die.”.
Israeli forces shot 10-year-old Saddam Hussein Iyad Mohammad Rajab in the abdomen Tuesday evening in Tulkarem in an attack that was captured on video and has gone viral on social media. Saddam is still in critical condition. Read our report:
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GAZA UPDATE: There is no update to the number of Palestinian fatalities today as Israeli forces are besieging hospitals and cut telecommunications. The current number of Palestinian child fatalities in Gaza is unknown.
GAZA UPDATE: At least 4,506 Palestinian children have been killed during the Israeli bombardment and ground invasion into the Gaza Strip. An additional 1,500 Palestinian children have been reported missing, most of them likely dead under the rubble.
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BREAKING: Israeli forces broke into our Ramallah office early this morning, confiscating client files, welding the door shut, and leaving a notice ordering the organization closed. #StandWithThe6
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We confirmed 13-year-old Omar Hasan Mousa Abu Al-Nil died today, a week after Israeli forces shot him with live ammunition. Omar is the 73rd Palestinian child killed by Israeli forces this year, according to @DCIPalestine documentation.
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GAZA UPDATE: 91 Palestinian children in Gaza, including entire families, have been killed in the Israeli military offensive since Saturday morning. @DCIPalestine has confirmed the killing of at least 50 children in direct Israeli attacks so far.
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GAZA UPDATE: Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 326 Palestinian children in Gaza. @DCIPalestine has been able to confirm 105 Palestinian child fatalities in Gaza, including six-month-old Diaa' Ahmad Abdulati Salah from Jabalia refugee camp.
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UPDATE: At least 21 Palestinian children have starved to death in Gaza, according to the Ministry of Health.
At least 17 Palestinian children have starved to death in Gaza in recent days as Israeli authorities continue to block and restrict humanitarian aid. The true death toll from starvation is feared to be much higher. Read more:
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Search and rescue teams in Gaza City today recovered the bodies of 7 more children killed in Israeli airstrikes early Sunday morning, bringing the total number of Palestinian children killed in the #Gaza Strip to 60 since May 10. Read our May 17 update »
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Israeli forces raided our office and welded our front door shut this morning, nearly a year after outlawing our work and calling us terrorists for protecting & defending Palestinian children's rights. This work isn't getting easier—but we aren't going anywhere. #StandWithThe6
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An Israeli soldier inside an armored military vehicle shot and killed Sadil, 14, while driving away from her family home in Jenin on Monday. The bullet struck the front of her head and exited the back. Sadil died this morning. Read the news alert:
Israeli forces shot 14-year-old Sadil Ghasan Ibrahim Naghnaghieh in the head around 8 a.m. on June 19 while she recorded the Israeli military incursion into Jenin refugee camp on her phone. Sadil died from her injuries around 6 a.m. today at Jenin Government Hospital.
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GAZA UPDATE: Israeli airstrikes & shelling have killed 500 Palestinian children in Gaza. The Ministry of Health reports that 1,537 Palestinians have been killed in total, meaning 1/3 of fatalities are children.
GAZA UPDATE: 447 Palestinian children have been killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, according to the Ministry of Health. Nonstop Israeli airstrikes forced our field researcher to relocate his family four times yesterday & DCIP has been unable to confirm additional fatalities.
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BREAKING: Amal Nakhleh, 18, has tested positive for COVID-19 while in Israeli military detention. He has been held without charge for a year. He suffers from a chronic autoimmune disease that affects his breathing and swallowing. Israeli authorities must release Amal immediately.
Israeli authorities extended Amal Nakhleh's administrative detention order until May 18, 2022. He was detained without charge on Jan. 21, 2021—nearly a year ago. Amal suffers from a chronic autoimmune disease and turned 18 on Sunday. No charges have been filed against him.
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Israeli forces shot 15-year-old Jana three times with live ammunition in her chest and head. She was on the roof of her home while Israeli forces conducted arrest operations in her neighborhood in Jenin. She is the 53rd Palestinian child killed in 2022.
Israeli forces shot and killed 15-year-old Jana Majdi Issam Assaf last night in the Al-Bayader neighborhood of Jenin while she was on the roof of her family's home. She sustained two bullet wounds to the chest and one to the head. Full report soon.
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UPDATE: Today, Layan Musleh Hamdi Al-Shaer, 10, succumbed to wounds she sustained in an Israeli drone strike west of Khan Younis on August 5. She is the 17th Palestinian children confirmed killed in Gaza after the Israeli military launched a military offensive in August 5.
16 Palestinian children are confirmed killed after the Israeli military launched a three-day military offensive on the Gaza Strip last Friday. Here's what we know so far »
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This is the latest act by Israeli authorities to increasingly push forward a campaign to delegitimize and criminalize Palestinian civil society and human rights organizations like @DCIPalestine.
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