UN inquiry finds age-based persecution of Palestinian children in West Bank
A UN commission of inquiry says Israeli forces committed a crime against humanity against Palestinian children in the West Bank and accuses Israel of continuing genocide in Gaza despite the ceasefire, Middle East Eye reports.
OCCUPIED WEST BANK — A UN commission of inquiry has concluded that Israeli authorities and forces committed the crime against humanity of age-based persecution against Palestinian children in the West Bank, according to Middle East Eye.
The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, published its fifth report to the UN General Assembly on Monday, Middle East Eye reported. The outlet describes the commission as the UN's top investigative body on Palestine and Israel.
Findings on children
According to Middle East Eye, the commission said Israeli forces had "deliberately killed and caused serious bodily and mental harm to Palestinian children on account of their status as Palestinian children."
The report said the harm done to children "is not incidental or collateral" to the wider violence, Middle East Eye reported. It said the harm instead "forms part of a pattern of intentional violence directed against Palestinian children." The commission concluded that this pattern amounts to the crime against humanity of persecution, according to the outlet.
Gaza
Middle East Eye also reported that the commission accused Israel of continuing its genocide in Gaza despite a ceasefire agreement. The summary of the report available to this publication does not set out the evidence the commission cited for that conclusion, or give casualty figures.
What is not confirmed
Zenga News has not independently verified the commission's findings or the quotations, which are taken from Middle East Eye's account of the report. The Middle East Eye text reviewed for this report did not include a response from Israeli authorities. It also did not give details of specific incidents, the time period covered by the report, or the number of children affected.
Background
The commission's report was addressed to the UN General Assembly. Middle East Eye identified it as the commission's fifth such report. The commission's formal name refers to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the findings on age-based persecution relate specifically to the occupied West Bank.
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