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<div id="divNewsDatetime">PressTV &#8211;  Tue Jan 18, 2011 7:7AM</div>
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<div id="divImageDesc">Palestinian  children became the target of Israeli soldiers&#8217; gunfire as they search  for construction materials in the ruins of bombed buildings.</div>
<div id="divLead">A  rights group says at least twenty-six children have been shot dead by  Israeli forces as they were searching for construction materials in  bombed-out buildings near the border in 2010.</div>
<p>The report by &#8220;Save the Children&#8221; said the children were killed  while they were searching for construction material left over from  Israel&#8217;s 22-day deadly war on Gaza at the turn of 2009.</p>
<p>According to the report the Israeli blockade on the territory &#8220;has put children&#8217;s lives at risk.&#8221;</p>
<p>The UNICEF-led working group called for an immediate end to the  4-year-long blockade on the territory, saying it has forced children to  drop out of school and work to help support their families.</p>
<p>Numbers of them have been hit by Israeli gunfire, while they were  searching for construction materials near the so-called buffer zone.</p>
<p>At least twenty-six children were shot by Israeli forces close to the border last year, according to the report.</p>
<p>&#8220;Because of the blockade&#8217;s devastating economic impact, children are  being forced to work and scavenge near the fence.  Even those who are  not in the so-called &#8216;buffer zone&#8217; unilaterally imposed by Israel are  being targeted by Israeli soldiers,&#8221; said UNRWA spokesman Chris Gunness.</p>
<p>&#8220;The blockade must end immediately and there must be a review of  policies with respect to the border area,&#8221; said Salam Kanaan, Save the  Children UK&#8217;s Country Director in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.</p>
<p>Israel has imposed the blockade on the region since June 2007,  preventing the entry of hundreds of items, including essential  industrial materials.</p>
<p>The regime later launched a 22-day war on the besieged territory,  which resulted in the deaths of at least 1,400 Palestinians and left  thousands of others displaced.</p>
<p>Thousands of homes destroyed during the conflict have yet to be rebuilt.</p>
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