[News] UN committee: Israel violated global child rights treaty in Gaza

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 UN committee: Israel violated global child rights treaty in Gaza

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GAZA, (PIC)

A UN committee accused Israel of severe breaches of a global treaty
protecting children’s rights, saying its military actions in Gaza had a
catastrophic impact on them and are among the worst violations in recent
history.

Palestinian health authorities say 41,000 people have been killed in Gaza
since Israel launched its military aggression on the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7.

Of those killed in Gaza, at least 11,355 are children, Palestinian data
shows, and thousands more are injured.

“The outrageous death of children is almost historically unique. This is an
extremely dark place in history,” Bragi Gudbrandsson, vice chair of the
committee, told reporters.

“I don’t think we have seen before, a violation that is so massive, as we
are seeing in Gaza now…These are extremely grave violations that we do not
often see,” he said.

Israel, which ratified the treaty in 1991, accused the committee of having
a “politically-driven agenda”, in a statement sent by its diplomatic
mission in Geneva.

It sent a large delegation to a series of U.N. hearings in Geneva in early
September where they argued that the treaty did not apply in Gaza or the
West Bank and said that it was committed to respecting international
humanitarian law.

It says its military campaign in Gaza is aimed at eliminating the
Palestinian enclave’s Hamas rulers and that it does not target civilians
but that the militants hide among them, which Hamas denies.

The Committee praised Israel for attending but said it “deeply regrets the
State party’s repeated denial of its legal obligations”.

The 18-member U.N. Committee monitors countries’ compliance with the 1989
Convention on the Rights of the Child — a widely-adopted treaty that
protects them from violence and other abuses.

In its conclusions, it called on Israel to provide urgent assistance to
thousands of children maimed or injured by the war, provide support for
orphans and allow more medical evacuations from Gaza.
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