Special Report: "NGO Responses to Abuse of Palestinian Children and Targeted Killing of Sheikh Yassin"
On 22 March 2004, the IDF launched the targeted killing of Hamas terrorist leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, responsible for inspiring Palestinian suicide bombers and directly involved in the murder of hundreds of Israeli civilians. On 15 and 24 March, two incidents occurred involving the use of Palestinian children by terrorist groups an 11 year-old boy was sent to transport explosives across an Israeli checkpoint and a 16 year-old would-be suicide bomber was arrested...