"There was a soldier who pulled the trigger and killed Mohammad. But there is also a system that protects those responsible, conceals reality and almost never holds anyone accountable." These are the words of Aliyah Abdel Majid al-Halaq, writing in @guardian about the killing of her 9-year-old son, Mohammad, by Israeli soldiers. " I still cannot understand why that soldier opened fire, or whether there was any reason at all, or whether, in his eyes, being a Palestinian child was reason enough. ״ Aliyah’s family is one of 54 Palestinian families whose children were killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank in 2025 alone. From October 2023 to July 5, 2026, Israel killed 1,088 Palestinians in the West Bank, including 242 children and teenagers. Read Aliyah’s full column and our latest report >> https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/06/children-killed-israeli-soldiers-occupied-west-bank?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other https://www.btselem.org/video/20260629_unshielded_childhood_palestinian_children_and_teenagers_killed_by_israel_in_the_west_bank_in_2025