UN inquiry says 20,000 Palestinian children killed in targeted Gaza attacks

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48% : He also said the protection, care and survival of Palestinian children and pregnant women were "inextricably linked" to the Palestinian people's right to self-determination, adding that "By targeting children, Israel is eroding the foundational structure of Palestinian society, weakening the demographic vitality and overall capacity of the Palestinian people to sustain and exercise its right to determine its future as a people".
37% : Muralidhar said the commission's findings were that "Israel targets children to weaken demographic vitality and deny the Palestinian people's right to self-determination".
36% : A United Nations commission of inquiry has said more than 20,000 Palestinian children were killed by Israeli forces in what it described as "deliberate, targeted" attacks between October 7, 2023 and October 7, 2025.
34% : It said, "The COI is a fundamentally flawed mechanism whose very purpose is to single out and vilify Israel rather than seek the truth," and later added that the report "completely erases Israeli children who were brutally murdered, kidnapped, and targeted by Hamas, while ignoring Hamas' cynical use of Palestinian children as human shields and pawns of war".
34% : That Hamas-led attack on southern Israel killed about 1,200 people and 251 were taken hostage.
33% : The report called on Israel to immediately halt military operations in Gaza and ensure accountability for all those responsible for crimes against Palestinian children, including individual perpetrators and those in political or military command.
32% : The commission examined violations and crimes against Palestinian children by Israeli security forces since October 7, 2023, when Hamas attacked Israel.
32% : It also urged the UN Security Council to ban all two-way military-related trade with Israel and impose "immediate, comprehensive sanctions", including travel bans, asset freezes and financial restrictions, on Israeli officials in command positions, the leadership of the Israeli security forces, military commanders and soldiers serving in Gaza on or since October 2023 who have or may have committed international crimes.
26% : Israel rejected the report, calling it a "libelous sham".

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