Violence against children

Violence against children hit ‘unprecedented levels in 2024’

The UN kept Israeli forces on its blacklist of countries that violate children’s rights for a second year, citing 7,188 verified grave violations by its military, including the killing of 1,259 Palestinian children and injury to 941 others in Gaza
UN chief cites warfare strategies that included deployment of destructive and explosive weapons

By AP · 20 June 2025