UN inquiry: Israel deliberately targeted Palestinian children as part of genocide

UN inquiry: Israel deliberately targeted Palestinian children as part of genocide Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 06/23/2026 - 12:43 Report finds at least 20,179 children killed in Gaza since 7 October 2023, including after the ceasefire of October last year A man carries a wounded Palestinian child in Nasser Medical Complex's trauma ward, Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, 25 May 2026 (AFP/Bashar Taleb) Off The UN's top investigative body on Palestine and Israel has concluded that Israel deliberately targeted Palestinian children, committing genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Gaza, as well as additional war crimes in the occupied West Bank. An 88-page report on Tuesday documents the killing of at least 20,179 children and wounding of 44,143 others in Gaza between 7 October 2023 and 7 October 2025. Children represented 30 percent of those killed and 26 percent of those injured in that period.