A new report from Israeli rights group B'Tselem says the killing of Palestinian children in the West Bank has sharply accelerated, and it accuses US media of ignoring it — bad news for Palestinians and a harsh charge against mainstream news coverage.

• B'Tselem says Israeli forces killed 235 Palestinian children and teens in the West Bank over the past two years and eight months.
• The pace has jumped: nearly as many kids were killed recently as in the 17 years after the Second Intifada.
• Violent settlers, driven by a religious claim to the land, are named as a growing force pushing to expel Palestinians and seize territory.
• More civilians and far more children have been killed in the West Bank since October 7th than died in the Hamas attack itself.
• US cable news gets called out for treating Palestinian deaths as not worth covering while framing Israeli losses as historic.

Outlook: With settler numbers set to grow and no media or political pushback, the killings and land seizures in the West Bank look set to continue.