Israel deliberately targets, kills Gaza children, constituting genocide: UN report

The Israeli military deliberately targeted and killed Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip, constituting genocide, a United Nations independent commission of inquiry said in its latest report released on Tuesday.

The report released by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel details the atrocities suffered by Palestinian children since the outbreak of the latest round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict on October 7, 2023, and notes that such acts continued even after the ceasefire in October 2025.

About 30 percent of the Palestinian victims of Israeli military operations in Gaza were children, according to the commission.

"Today, the commission has released a 100-page report documenting violations and crimes committed by Israel against Palestinian children in the occupied Palestinian territory since October 7, 2023 until March 31, 2026," said Srinivasan Muralidhar, chair of the commission.

The commission determined in its report last September that Israel had committed genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza. The latest report further substantiates that determination.

"There can be no doubt in anyone who reads today's report that every international legal norm has been violated by the actions of the Israeli authorities towards Palestinian children and they need to be held accountable," said Chris Sidoti, commissioner of the commission.

Israel deliberately targets, kills Gaza children, constituting genocide: UN report

The video footage captured from Saturday to Sunday in north China's Datong City, Shanxi Province, showed Oriental Stork chicks learning to feed themselves and fly under parental care as they prepare to live on their own.

The footage captured four Oriental Stork chicks bending their heads to peck at twigs inside the nest, practicing movements for picking up food, while a parent bird stood guard nearby.

In another nest, an adult stork returned to feed its brood. After filling their bellies, the three chicks adjusted their postures and kept spreading their wide wings and flapping them vigorously to practice flying.

Oriental Storks mostly inhabit woodlands and the peripheries of wetlands. Once the chicks can fly on their own, they will leave the nest to forage alongside their parents.

Oriental Stork chicks learn to eat, fly under parental care in Shanxi