The Humanitarian Monitor | Feb 2010

February developments highlighted once again the vulnerability of children in various areas of the occupied Palestinian territory, due to their exposure to violence and the dire conditions in which they live. In Gaza, three girls were injured while in their house by a tank shell fired by Israeli troops towards a populated civilian area, and three children were killed and five others were injured in an accident caused by a faulty electricity generator. The fatalities occurred in the context of Gaza?s deteriorating electricity supply and growing reliance on back-up generators, many of which are imported through the tunnels and are of poor quality. Poor living conditions are also a serious concern for the population of small herder communities scattered across Area C of the West Bank, children in particular.