UN Committee on the Rights of the Child condemns Israel’s targeting of children in Gaza

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has expressed its outrage at the Israeli occupation’s grave human rights violations against children in the Gaza Strip, saying there are no winners in a war where thousands of children are killed. The Committee strongly condemned in a press statement “the escalation of attacks by Israel against civilian targets in the Gaza Strip, which had resulted in the deaths of more than 3,500 children since 7 October 2023.” “Despite the protection that should be provided to all children by international law,” the statement added, “during the first month of this war, there have been devastating reports of acts that are forbidden by international humanitarian law, including maiming, injury, forcible displacement, deprivation of medical care, food, and water.” The Committee called for an end to the devastating harm being wreaked on children’s lives in the occupied Palestinian Territory, calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza to save innocent lives. The Committee also pleaded for all humanitarian convoys be permitted to enter the Gaza Strip and provide humanitarian aid to all children in need, as required by international law.

Source: En – Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA