An Israeli rights group says 235 Palestinian children and teenagers have been killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank since Oct. 7, 2023. The figure, reported by B’Tselem, covers the period from Israel’s cross-border war start through June 2026, according to the accounts.
The reports describe the tally as including deaths attributed to Israeli forces and also note that five minors were reportedly killed by Israeli settlers. The sources focus on the same B’Tselem statistics but differ slightly in the level of detail they provide, with one outlet explicitly mentioning the subset involving settlers while others describe the overall total.
The background referenced in one report links the reporting period to Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel from the Gaza Strip, after which Israel escalates military operations that include the West Bank. While the outlets agree on the reported numbers from B’Tselem, they present them primarily as documentation of civilian harm rather than as a broader assessment of the conflict’s causes or legal responsibility.
