Israel has long blamed Hamas for civilian and children deaths, arguing that the militant group uses innocent people as human shields.

Gaza's health ministry says an Israeli strike on a school killed women and children::Gaza City, Gaza::Israel's military says it struck a Hamas command center embedded in a former school compoundThe Hamas-run government's media office said at least 13 children,

Multicolored posters, white streamers and Palestinian flags made of paper decorate a tent in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza. School rucksacks stuffed with clothes, small pillows and floral blankets are strewn on the floor.

Gaza's civil defence agency reported 21 killed in an Israeli strike on Saturday, the latest attack on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians.A spokesman for the

A U.N. committee on Thursday condemned severe violations by Israel of a global treaty protecting children's rights, saying its military actions since Oct. 7 had a "catastrophic" impact on them. "The committee condemns in the strongest terms the severe violations of rights under the convention in the OPT (Occupied Palestinian Territories),

UN committee presents findings on Israel’s treatment of children in Gaza war Ann Skelton, chair of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, vice chairs Bragi Gudbrandsson and Luis Ernesto Pedernera Reyna and committee member Hynd Ayoubi Idrissi brief the media on the committee's findings after a series of hearings with Israel over its treatment of children,