A United Nations inquiry has found that Israel continues to commit genocide in Gaza by deliberately targeting Palestinian children. The report, released by the UN independent international commission of inquiry, states that about 30% of those killed by Israeli forces have been children.
The commission said that Palestinian children were deliberately targeted and killed during the war, including after a ceasefire in October 2025. It argued that this demonstrated genocidal intent by Israeli authorities to destroy the Palestinian group in Gaza. The commission's chair, Srinivasan Muralidhar, said that by targeting children, Israel is undermining the Palestinian people's capacity to exist and determine their future.
Israel rejected the findings as a 'libellous sham'. The Israeli mission in Geneva dismissed the report, while Israel has faced mounting allegations of genocide from legal experts, rights groups including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, and UN investigators. The International Criminal Court has issued a warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes.
The report also documented increased settler violence against Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank, and systemic mistreatment of children in detention, including torture. The commission concluded that these acts constitute crimes against humanity.
