UN accuses Israel of ‘massive’ violation of child rights treaty in Gaza

UN committee says horrific interaction connected children from Israel’s warfare connected Gaza volition person an ‘extremely acheronian spot successful history’.

A United Nations committee has accused Israel of terrible breaches of a planetary pact protecting children’s rights, saying its subject actions successful Gaza person had a catastrophic interaction connected children and are among the worst violations successful caller history.

More than 11,355 minors person been killed successful Gaza since the commencement of the warfare triggered by Hamas-led attacks successful confederate Israel connected October 7. More than 1,100 people, mostly Israeli civilians, were killed successful the Hamas-led attacks and astir 250 were taken captive. In response, Israel has waged a warfare successful the besieged enclave, sidesplitting much than 41,000 radical and reducing ample swaths of the Palestinian territory to rubble.

“The outrageous decease of children is astir historically unique. This is an highly acheronian spot successful history,” Bragi Gudbrandsson, vice chairperson of the committee, told reporters connected Thursday.

“I don’t deliberation we person seen earlier a usurpation that is truthful monolithic arsenic we’ve seen successful Gaza. These are highly sedate violations that we bash not often see,” helium said.

On apical of the registered casualties by the Palestinian Ministry of Health successful Gaza, thousands of children are believed to beryllium missing nether the rubble, buried successful unmarked graves oregon severely wounded by explosives, the British assistance radical Save the Children said successful a study published successful June. 

According to an Al Jazeera tally successful January – erstwhile the fig of children killed by Israel’s warfare successful Gaza was astir 10,000 – 1 Palestinian kid was being killed determination each 15 minutes.

The 18-member UN committee monitors countries’ compliance with the 1989 Convention connected the Rights of the Child, a wide adopted pact that seeks to support children from unit and different abuses.

Israel, which ratified the pact successful 1991, sent a ample delegation to the UN hearings successful Geneva connected September 3-4.

They argued that the pact did not use successful Gaza oregon the occupied West Bank but said Israel was committed to respecting planetary humanitarian law. It says its subject run successful Gaza is aimed astatine eliminating Hamas and it does not people civilians but Palestinian fighters fell among them, which Hamas denies.

Civilians and wellness workers connected the crushed person repeatedly told Al Jazeera that attacks against homes with nary warnings and nary ongoing warring person taken spot since October 7 with full families being obliterated successful Israeli aerial attacks.

The committee praised Israel for attending the hearings but said it “deeply regrets the authorities party’s repeated denial of its ineligible obligations”.

In its conclusions, the committee called connected Israel to supply urgent assistance to thousands of children maimed oregon injured by the war, supply enactment for orphans and let much aesculapian evacuations from Gaza.

The UN assemblage has nary means of enforcing its recommendations, though countries mostly purpose to comply.

During the hearings, the UN experts besides asked galore questions astir Israeli children, including details astir those taken captive by Hamas, to which Israel’s delegation gave extended responses.

Sabine Tassa, the parent of a 17-year-old lad changeable dormant successful the October 7 attacks, addressed the UN hearings and said kid survivors were traumatised.

“The children of Israel are successful an appalling state,” she said.

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