Israel deliberately targeted Palestinian children in Gaza, U.N. commission says
An independent UN commission of inquiry reports that Israeli forces are committing genocide and atrocity crimes by deliberately targeting Palestinian children in Gaza. The report also alleges war crimes in the West Bank. Israel has rejected these findings, describing the report as a libellous sham and political blood libel.
What changed
A UN independent commission released a report alleging the deliberate targeting of children as part of an ongoing genocide.
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UN Commission Accuses Israel of Deliberately Targeting Gaza Children
confidence 90%An independent UN commission of inquiry reports that Israeli forces are committing genocide and atrocity crimes by deliberately targeting Palestinian children in Gaza. The report also alleges war crimes in the West Bank. Israel has rejected these findings, describing the report as a libellous sham and political blood libel.
What's confirmed:
- A UN independent commission of inquiry stated that Israeli authorities and security forces deliberately targeted Palestinian children.
- The UN commission found that the targeting of children in the Gaza Strip resulted in genocide and atrocity crimes.
- The UN report alleges that war crimes were committed in the West Bank.
- Israel denies the UN inquiry's findings of genocide.
- The Israeli government described the UN report as a political blood libel and a libellous sham.
Still unconfirmed:
- The UN report is 94 pages long.
- UN Watch has a legal rebuttal disproving the Pillay Commission's charges.