The UN child rights committee said Wednesday there were “no winners in a war where thousands of children are killed”, as they condemned mounting “grave human rights violations” in the Gaza Strip.
The committee, which monitors countries’ adherence to the international Convention on the Rights of the Child, expressed its “outrage at the profound suffering of children” in the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
“Grave human rights violations against children are mounting by the minute in the Gaza Strip, and there are no winners in a war where thousands of children are killed,” the committee said in a statement.
Israel has heavily bombarded Gaza since Hamas gunmen stormed across the border on October 7, killing 1,400 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapping at least 240 others, including children, according to Israeli officials. The committee said armed conflict harmed children first and foremost, and had lifelong effects on their physical and mental health, their development and ultimately the enjoyment of all their rights.
They called on all parties to protect all children and provide them with the necessary medical and psychological support.
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