‘There are risks’: Ex-India judge behind damning UN report on Gaza children
Summary
A United Nations report led by Indian judge Srinivasan Muralidhar found that Israel killed over 20,000 Palestinian children in Gaza between 2023 and 2025. The report accuses Israel of targeting children and maternity facilities and calls for a halt to arms sales to Israel and ICC arrests of Israeli officials.Key Facts
- The UN commission on Israel and Palestine is chaired by Srinivasan Muralidhar, who joined in November 2023.
- The report covers alleged Israeli violations from October 2023 to October 2025 during the Gaza conflict.
- At least 20,179 Palestinian children were killed, making up about 30% of all Palestinian deaths in the war.
- More than 44,000 children were injured, and 58,000 were orphaned.
- The report describes snipers and drone strikes deliberately targeting children and attacks on newborn care facilities.
- It also details sexual violence, arbitrary arrests, and torture of Palestinian children, especially in the West Bank.
- The commission urges UN members to stop arms supplies to Israel and to arrest Israeli officials wanted by the International Criminal Court.
- Israel’s government rejects the report, calling it biased, and blames Hamas for using Palestinian children as human shields.
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