Israel and Hamas placed on UN list for violating children's rights.

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The United Nations has added Israel's military, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad's armed wing for the first time to its list of offenders for violating children’s rights. The three entities, along with Sudan's warring parties, have been singled out for the killing and maiming of children. “Children were killed and maimed in unprecedented numbers", the Children in Armed Conflict report said. The annual report - seen by the BBC and due to be released on Thursday - is meant to shame parties so that they commit to measures outlined by the UN to protect children.


      The UN verified more than 8,000 grave violations against 4,247 Palestinian children and 113 Israeli children in 2023, the report said.

      But verification is ongoing with thousands of reports about children dead and injured still needing to be checked.

     

 

     


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