Israel targeted Gaza children resulting in genocide, UN inquiry says
The commission said 20,179 children were killed over two years and that the pattern of attacks showed genocidal intent, Israel rejected the findings.
- 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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UN panel accuses Israel of deliberately targeting Palestinian children
Commission alleges war crimes, crimes against humanity and acts of genocide in Gaza and the West Bank; Israel rejects report as biased and based on flawed evidence; 'Demagoguery of modern blood libels,' Foreign Ministry says
U.N. Report Says Israeli Killings of Gaza Children Post-Truce Amount to Genocide
Israel’s U.N. mission dismissed the report as a “libelous sham,” and called the investigating commission a “fundamentally flawed mechanism.” Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/world/middleeast/un-report-israel-palestinian-children.html Author : Nick Cumming-Bruce Publish date : 2026-06-23 21:29:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
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Jewish News SyndicateUN report accusing Israel of targeting Palestinian kids a ‘predetermined indictment dressed up as an investigation’
The report is “an embarrassment to the United Nations and a disservice to genuine human rights accountability,” Dina Rovner, of U.N. Watch, told JNS.
An independent United Nations commission of inquiry accuses Israeli security forces of targeting Palestinian children.
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