A new UN commission of inquiry report accuses Israel of deliberately targeting children in Gaza as part of a broader charge of genocide and war crimes. Israel firmly rejected the findings, calling them politically motivated and distorted. The report follows an earlier UN accusation of Israeli involvement in settler attacks in Judea and Samaria.
A United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory has released a report accusing Israel of deliberately targeting children in Gaza. The claim forms part of a broader, long-running UN accusation that Israeli military operations amount to genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.
As The Zioneer reported at 20:38 Jerusalem this evening, Israel firmly rejected the report's findings, calling them "biased and distorted" and politically motivated. The Israeli position states that the IDF operates against Hamas following the October 7, 2023 massacre, and that the UN commission's methodology is flawed.
This is not the first such UN report targeting Israel. Earlier this month, the same commission alleged that Israeli authorities are directly involved in settler attacks in the West Bank that led to Palestinian deaths and displacement — a claim Israel also rejected. Another recent UN report documented Hamas executing and torturing Palestinians in Gaza, a finding that received less international attention.
The new report has not yet been formally published in full, and its specific evidentiary basis for the "deliberately targeting children" charge remains unclear beyond press summaries. Israel has not provided its own detailed rebuttal beyond the initial rejection. The story is developing as both sides contest the narrative.
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