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A UN inquiry has accused Israeli forces of committing a crime against humanity by deliberately persecuting Palestinian children in Gaza and the West Bank. The Independent International Commission of Inquiry found that the harm inflicted on them is part of a pattern of intentional violence. The report documented the killing of a seven-month-old baby shot in the head in Hebron and a 14-year-old boy shot in the chest near Jenin. The commission also found that the killing and harming of children in Gaza were among the elements establishing specific intent to commit genocide. The findings are the conclusions of a UN inquiry, not a court judgment.
The report puts the overall death toll in the occupied Palestinian territory at more than 75,000, including at least 21,500 children, as of 30 September 2026. In the West Bank, Israeli forces killed 1,080 Palestinians, including 237 boys and seven girls, and injured 10,940. In Gaza, since the ceasefire of 10 October 2025, 1,431 people have been killed, including at least 300 children.
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