Israel continues to commit genocide by targeting children in Gaza, UN inquiry finds

[groundloop]

Source: The Guardian

Israel continues to commit genocide by deliberately targeting Palestinian children in Gaza, an ⁠independent UN inquiry has found.

The report by the UN independent international commission of inquiry examined violations against Palestinian children since the start of the war in Gaza, and said about 30% of the people killed by Israeli forces have been children.

A previous report by the commission in September found that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza and that Israeli officials, including the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, incited these acts. Netanyahu is separately wanted by the international criminal court (ICC) for war crimes.

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A significant body of research by legal and rights experts has concluded that Israel is intent on destroying Palestinians, including analyses by UN investigators, rights bodies such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, and genocide scholars worldwide.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/23/israel-deliberately-targeting-gaza-children-to-commit-genocide-un-inquiry-finds

[vapor2]

1. Children??? FFS

[Cheezoholic]

2. Continuous, non-stop, C-17 cargo flights of arms to Israel happening 24/7. Over 50 per day. Bibi is getting every bullet

he needs from us. The flights haven't stopped nor will they. The Lords of War are moving at a feverish pitch.

[Bettie]

3. Yep. And yet, we continue to be told

that the Netanyahu government is the 'good guys' and the Palestinian children are the "terrorists".

[cliffside]

4. Also .... Rats infest Gaza camps, biting children and spreading disease

4 minutes

"STORYLINE:

Palestinians in Gaza City are reporting massive infestations of rodents, as life in the displacement tents has become increasingly brutal.

Some of them had their limbs gnawed by rats, were left bleeding and are at risk of disease.

“Before the summer, we want mercy. Have mercy on us from the rodents. We have children and elderly people,” said Enshrah Haggag, a diabetic displaced woman living in a modest tent in Gaza City.

Two of her toes were gnawed by a rat while she was asleep, and she woke up to a pool of blood..."