Israeli settler violence against children has increased over the last five years.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
Sources consistently show settler violence rising sharply through 2023–2026, and the UN Commission of Inquiry specifically reports a sharp increase in settler violence against Palestinian children in the West Bank.
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… I don't know if you've seen pictures of burns from white phosphorus. Uhm, now, international law doesn't mean anything to me or to anybody, but that is chemical warfare if it's used against civilian populations, which is exactly what they do. Now, when the settlers started killing kids, uhm, now, they've been doing that for a long time, but recently it's gone through the roof, just over the last five years. Um, they never did. Let's make sure everybody understands that when you say settlers, you're talking about Israelis. Well, yeah, yeah, settler with a capital S. …
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Supports. The UN Commission of Inquiry reports a sharp increase in violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinian children in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.[2]
Supports. OCHA data show settler attacks rising from 1,291 in 2023 to 1,449 in 2024 and 1,836 in 2025, with 2026 on pace to be higher still.[3][4]
Supports. Oxfam's analysis finds more children killed by Israeli forces or settlers in 2023–2025 than in the 2006–2022 period on a per-period basis, consistent with a rise over the recent years.[5]
Supports. UN Security Council briefing reports settler violence at a new high in 2026, with 18 children killed in the West Bank so far that year and nearly half of 3,800 displaced Palestinians being children.[6]
Context. UNICEF reports that 93% of child deaths since January 2025 were caused by Israeli forces, with settler assaults accounting for only part of the remainder, so the child-specific settler share is smaller than total violence figures suggest.[1]
Context. No source provides a child-specific settler violence baseline from 2021–2022, so the claim's full five-year span is inferred from the 2023–2026 trend rather than directly measured.[2][3][5]
Sources
6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 5 not rated
- 1UNICEF says 70 children killed in West Bank and East Jerusalem since 2025reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2“The essence of childhood has been destroyed”: Israel's ...un.org · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 3The Middle East, including the Palestinian Questionsecuritycouncilreport.org · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 4Humanitarian Situation Report | 11 September 2026 - OCHA oPtochaopt.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5More Palestinians killed by Israeli military and settlers across ...oxfamamerica.org · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 6With West Bank Settler Violence at New High, Security Council ...press.un.org · not rated · cited for: supports
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