Who's to blame for deaths of children fighting in Palestine?

Palestinian children are dying in armed operations against Israeli settlers, despite calls to prevent them from getting involved in the violence.
A Palestinian protester uses a slingshot to hurl stones towards Israeli troops during clashes near the border between Israel and Central Gaza Strip October 20, 2015. A three-week-old uprising by knife-wielding, Internet-generation teenagers against Israelis has left 80-year-old Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas looking like yesterday's man, unable either to oppose the violence or openly endorse it. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa - RTS5APW
A Palestinian protester uses a slingshot to hurl stones toward Israeli troops during clashes near the border between Israel and the central Gaza Strip, Oct. 20, 2015. - REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
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RAMALLAH, West Bank — Taha al-Qatanani said he was expecting just an ordinary day as his daughter headed out the door early Nov. 22. He had no way of knowing she would never return.

"I thought Ashraqat was going to school when she left the house," he said of his 16-year-old daughter, who was killed that day at the Huwara checkpoint south of Nablus after allegedly trying to carry out a stabbing attack against Israelis.

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