United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has added Israel’s military to a global list of offenders for committing violations against children in 2023, said Israel’s U.N. envoy Gilad Erdan, describing the decision as “shameful.” Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad will also be listed, said a diplomatic source, speaking on condition of anonymity. Erdan said he was officially notified of the decision on Friday. The global list is included in a report on children and armed conflict that Guterres is due to submit to the U.N. Security Council on June 14.
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- The U.N. secretary-general will list Israel and Hamas as violating the rights and protection of children in armed conflict in an upcoming annual report to the Security Council.
- According to the preface of last year’s report, the lists include parties engaged in “the killing and maiming of children” and in “attacks on schools, hospitals and protected persons in relation to schools and/or hospitals.”
- Courtenay Rattray, the head of Secretary-General António Guterres’ office, called Israel’s U.N. Ambassador, Gilad Erdan, on Friday to inform him that Israel would be listed in the next report when it is sent to the council within a few weeks, U.N. spokesman Stéphane Dujarric told reporters.
- Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad also are being listed.
- Israel reacted with outrage, sending news organizations a video of Erdan berating Rattray, supposedly on the other end of a phone call.
The Associated Press has the story:
UN to call out Israel & Hamas for violations against children’s rights in armed conflict
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The U.N. secretary-general will list Israel and Hamas as violating the rights and protection of children in armed conflict in an upcoming annual report to the Security Council.
According to the preface of last year’s report, lists parties engaged in “the killing and maiming of children” and in “attacks on schools, hospitals and protected persons in relation to schools and/or hospitals.”
The head of Secretary-General António Guterres’ office, Courtenay Rattray, called Israel’s U.N. Ambassador, Gilad Erdan, on Friday to inform him that Israel would be listed on the next report when it is sent to the council within a few weeks, U.N. spokesman Stéphane Dujarric told reporters.
Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad also are being listed.
Israel reacted with outrage, sending news organizations a video of Erdan berating Rattray, supposedly on the other end of a phone call.
