Israel targeted Gaza children resulting in genocide, UN inquiry says
The commission said 20,179 children were killed in Gaza over two years, and that attacks on schools and hospitals were part of a deliberate strategy.
- An independent United Nations inquiry released on Tuesday concluded that Israeli authorities and security forces have deliberately targeted Palestinian children, labeling these actions as evidence of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.
- The report found that children made up approximately 30% of the overall death toll in the Gaza war between October 2023 and October 2025, a proportion significantly higher than the 24% recorded in previous major conflicts in the enclave.
- UN investigators stated that Israeli forces intentionally used high-payload munitions and wide-area explosive weapons in densely populated residential zones despite clear, mounting child casualties, indicating that the resulting deaths were an intended outcome.
- The commission noted that the deliberate targeting of children has persisted even after a formal ceasefire was announced, concluding that Israeli forces effectively treat the civilian population as a collective whole associated with armed groups.
- Israel's diplomatic mission in Geneva completely rejected the findings, calling the publication a defamatory, libelous sham that intentionally ignores the brutal combat tactics of Hamas and its documented use of human shields.
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Israel’s Deliberate Targeting of Children Amounts to Genocide, UN Commission of Inquiry Says
Israel deliberately targeted Palestinian children, resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes in the Gaza Strip, in addition to war crimes in the occupied West Bank, according to an independent U.N. inquiry. The report, published 23 June, states that this targeting resulted in the death of at least 20,179 Palestinian children, and the injury of 44,143 more over the span of three years, from 2023 to 2026. Killings have conti…
UN Commission: Israel Deliberately Targeted Palestinian Children, Committed Genocide
A United Nations commission of inquiry has determined that Israeli forces deliberately targeted and killed Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip, concluding that the actions amount to genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. The report, released by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel, found that roughly 30 […]
Israel slams UN report as ‘political blood libel’ for alleging deliberate targeting of Palestinian children
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