The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that the number of children killed in the Israel-occupied West Bank has reached unprecedented levels and their suffering must not fade into the background of the current conflict. “This year has been the deadliest year on record for children in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, with conflict-related violence reaching unprecedented levels,” said UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Adele Khodr on Thursday.

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