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Israel targeted Gaza children resulting in genocide, UN inquiry says
The commission said 20,179 children were killed in Gaza over two years, and it found widespread killings, torture and starvation showed genocidal intent.
- 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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An independent United Nations commission of inquiry accuses Israeli security forces of targeting Palestinian children.
·Germany
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UN inquiry accuses Israel of deliberately targeting and killing Palestinian children
The Israeli government is condemning the inquiry and rejecting its findings, labelling the United Nations report "deeply flawed" and full of "errors and distortions" designed to push a "politically-driven anti-Israel narrative".
·Australia
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Israel has deliberately targeted Palestinian children, amounting to genocide and crimes against humanity in Gaza and war crimes in the West Bank, an independent United Nations investigation has said. This continued even after a ceasefire in October last year. Israel has strongly denied the allegations in the report.
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