Using Children in Combat - A War Crime
16 March 2004
| B'Tselem strongly condemns yesterday's attempt to use an eleven year-old boy to transport explosives. There is no possible justification for attacks targeting civilians. Any such attack is illegal and immoral. Taking advantage of 'Abdallah Qar'an, age eleven, only compounds the violation. Using a child to transport explosives is in and of itself a war crime. The intentional harming of civilians must cease; Children must be kept out of the cycle of violence. |