Children continue to account for many of the casualties in Middle East conflict.
Of the 288 Palestinians killed in the current violence in Israel a total of 89 were children. And the numbers are rising daily. According to news broadcasts, a ten year old Palestinian boy was killed on December 19th and a fourteen year old was killed on December 20th. The image of 12 year old Mohammed Aldura, killed in a scene captured on camera and shown around the world has made the boy a martyr and icon of the crisis. Over one thousand children have been injured in the clashes.