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The report by the UN independent international commission of inquiry examined violations against Palestinian children since the start of the war in Gaza and said about 30% of the people killed by Israeli forces have been children. A
previous report by the commission in September found Israel had committed genocide in Gaza and that
Israeli officials, including the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, incited
these acts. Netanyahu is separately wanted by the international criminal court for war
crimes. |
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What
does the report say? That
Palestinian children were deliberately targeted and killed during the war, including
after a ceasefire came into effect in October 2025. “The evidence shows
that Palestinian children have been deliberately targeted and killed by the
Israeli security forces,” Srinivasan Muralidhar, the commission’s chair, said
in a statement accompanying the report. How
has Israel’s government reacted? The Israeli mission in Geneva said Israel
rejected the commission’s “libelous sham”. The country has fought hard
against allegations of genocide, while receiving critical diplomatic support
from its allies including the US and the UK. What
about legal and rights experts? A significant body of research has
concluded that Israel is intent on destroying Palestinians, including
analyses by UN investigators, rights bodies such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, and genocide scholars worldwide. |
-The Guardian
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