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"The United Nations has added Israel to the global list of states and armed
groups who have committed violations against children, according to the
country’s UN envoy, Gilad Erdan.
News of Israel’s inclusion on the list follows eight months of war on Gaza, in
which more than 13,000 children are estimated to be among the 36,500 killed,
and comes a day after the Israeli bombing of a UN school in central Gaza, which
killed more than 40 Palestinians, some of them children.
According to human rights officials, Hamas is also named in the report for its
killing and kidnapping of children in its 7 October attack on Israel, in which
nearly 1,200 Israelis were killed.
Erdan said he was “shocked and disgusted” by the “shameful” decision to include
Israel on this year’s list, which is part of a report on children and armed
conflict due to be presented to the UN security council next Friday.
The report covers the killing, maiming, sexual abuse, abduction or recruitment
of children, denial of aid access and targeting of schools and hospitals.
The report is compiled by the UN secretary general’s special representative for
children and armed conflict, Virginia Gamba. The list attached to the report is
widely intended to name and shame parties to conflicts in the hope of deterring
violence against children."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
