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malaise

(299,500 posts)
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 09:50 AM 6 hrs ago

UN commission of inquiry says Israel committing genocide in Gaza by deliberately targeting children

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0jy96w6pw2o

A UN commission of inquiry says Israel has deliberately targeted Palestinian children, resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Gaza Strip, as well as war crimes in the occupied West Bank.
A new report alleges that Israeli authorities and security forces have "deliberately carried out acts inflicting death and severe bodily and mental harm on hundreds of thousands of Palestinian children", and that the killings continued even after last October's ceasefire in Gaza.
The commission says it has reasonable grounds to conclude that those acts "form part of a deliberate strategy to destroy the future of the Palestinians in Gaza by targeting their children".
Israel's foreign ministry said it "utterly rejects" the commission's report, calling it a "libellous sham" and "a propaganda piece as outrageous as its previous ones".
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UN commission of inquiry says Israel committing genocide in Gaza by deliberately targeting children (Original Post) malaise 6 hrs ago OP
Can't argue with these findings, I fear... displacedvermoter 6 hrs ago #1
You and I can't. But don't worry. The hasbarra patrol will be along soon with lengthy screeds 3_Limes 5 hrs ago #2
Don't worry, UN and folks of conscience! AloeVera 5 hrs ago #3
Good! BuddhaGirl 3 hrs ago #4
Fucking monsters. 😡 Dave Bowman 3 hrs ago #5
Monsterous MustLoveBeagles 2 hrs ago #6
He is doing this with US support and mostly malaise 2 hrs ago #7
I know and hate it MustLoveBeagles 1 hr ago #8

3_Limes

(609 posts)
2. You and I can't. But don't worry. The hasbarra patrol will be along soon with lengthy screeds
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 10:17 AM
5 hrs ago

Explaing how this is all perfectly civilized, and was, in fact the only reasonable course of action. Happens every time.

AloeVera

(4,615 posts)
3. Don't worry, UN and folks of conscience!
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 11:04 AM
5 hrs ago

They were all human shields.


Of course they were not. Everyone knew it even those spouting this inhuman rationalization for genocide.

Those Palestinian children have been harmed beyond measure by the trauma alone - and I fear beyond repair without massive treatment efforts and mobilization of resources. Something Israel would try to prevent, no doubt. Can't have a planned genocide go to waste, can we?

MustLoveBeagles

(18,268 posts)
8. I know and hate it
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 02:19 PM
1 hr ago


Do people consider their lives worth nothing? How are children responsible for what happened 10/7?

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