A independent U.N. commission said Tuesday that the Israeli military had deliberately targeted children in Gaza, amounting to genocide, and in the West Bank, amounting to war crimes.
The commission of inquiry, which called on international bodies to hold Israeli officials to account, is composed of three senior international jurists and chaired by the former Indian judge Srinivasan Muralidhar. In earlier conclusions released in September, it said the Israeli military campaign in Gaza met the legal definition of genocide — a finding echoed by a growing group of genocide experts, including some Israeli scholars and human rights organizations.
