United Nations Commission Says Israeli Forces Deliberately Target Palestinian Children and Allege Genocide

A United Nations commission says Israeli authorities and security forces deliberately target Palestinian children in Gaza and the West Bank, and that those actions constitute genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.The commission documents heavy munitions in populated areas, precision strikes after evacuations, blockade of aid, attacks on hospitals and detention abuses, and says harms continued after a ceasefire last October, producing death, disability and mass displacement.Israel rejects the findings as defamatory, the commission chair Srinivasan Muralidhar urges accountability, and the International Court of Justice is reviewing a genocide case filed by South Africa.
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