UN draft report on children in conflict zones raises eyebrows with framing of Israelis

The United Nations' yearly study connected children successful struggle zones isn’t acceptable to travel retired until June, but the draught study obtained by Fox News Digital is already causing concern. The study excludes respective examples of Israeli victims of the ongoing war, portion lobbing accusations astatine the Jewish state.

Throughout the conception of the study connected Israeli and Palestinian children, determination are instances of the U.N. conflicting verified and unverified data. Though the study admits that determination is unverified data, it does not springiness immoderate accusation connected who was liable for verifying the different figures. This deficiency of transparency leaves country to uncertainty the report’s accuracy.

"We volition not cooperate with a study that serves arsenic a level for baseless slander against Israel," Israeli U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon said successful a connection sent exclusively to Fox News Digital. 

Israeli Permanent Member to the United Nations Danny Danon speaks during a league of the Security Council astatine the New York City headquarters. (Israel United Nations mission)

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The study claims that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) kidnapped a Palestinian girl. While it is stated that the incidental was verified, the U.N. provides nary accusation connected who did the verification. There are besides nary details astir the incidental successful the report. It does not accidental wherever the kid was allegedly abducted oregon whether she is alive.

In 1 of its much egregious claims, the study accuses IDF soldiers of utilizing 27 Palestinian children arsenic quality shields successful the West Bank and Gaza. Once again, the study claims these cases person been verified but does not accidental who confirmed them. The usage of quality shields is not a known IDF practice, but it is thing Hamas has been accused of doing for years.

A idiosyncratic looks astatine a partition displaying pictures of radical inactive held hostage successful Gaza, connected Oct. 26, 2023 successful Tel Aviv, Israel.  (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

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"There are reports of the usage of quality shields by Hamas’ Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades and different Palestinian equipped groups successful the Gaza Strip," the draught of the study reads.

There is different Hamas maneuver that the U.N. appears to pin connected Israel successful its study — the usage of schools and hospitals arsenic subject outposts. Both Israel and the U.S. person verified that Hamas utilized hospitals successful Gaza for subject purposes. 

In November 2023, conscionable weeks aft the warfare began, IDF Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus posted a video circuit of al-Shifa Hospital successful Gaza showing weapons caches, Hamas paraphernalia and ammunition scattered passim the facility.

Israel is besides slammed successful the study for denying Palestinians humanitarian aid. However, determination is nary notation of Hamas and Palestinian equipped groups looting assistance trucks. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said successful November 2024 that of the 109 assistance trucks that crossed from Israel into Gaza, 97 were "violently looted."

Aid trucks of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees successful the Near East (UNRWA) present assistance adjacent Gaza City connected June 19. (Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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What the U.N. near retired of the study is besides telling. While it does accidental that 2 Israeli boys were killed successful captivity successful Gaza, it does not sanction Kfir and Ariel Bibas, nor does it notation that they were killed by their captors. Additionally, the draught study contains nary notation of the 12 Druze children killed by Hezbollah rocket occurrence portion playing shot successful bluish Israel.

"The secretary-general erstwhile again chooses to blatantly disregard the unit and harm done to Israeli children. Based connected this report, Israeli lives bash not substance and are not worthy of attention. Israel volition not fto diplomatic coercion prevail," Ambassador Danon told Fox News Digital.