Call on all parties to uphold their obligations under international humanitarian law (IHL) and human rights law (IHRL), taking all feasible precautions to avoid, and in any event minimize, harm to civilians and civilian objects, including objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population, as per SCR 2573 2021), and to adopt and implement clear, time-bound commitments with the UN to protect children.According to a recent Amnesty International report, the Israeli military offensive on the Gaza Strip from May 9 reportedly resulted in the death of 11 Palestinian civilians, including four children, while rockets fired by Palestinian armed groups reportedly resulted in the death of two Israeli civilians and three Palestinian civilians, including two children. Neither Israeli Forces nor Palestinian armed groups were listed in the annexes for grave violations, despite a statement by the SG in his 2022 report, that “without meaningful improvement,” both Israeli Forces and Palestinian armed groups “should be listed” in 2023. The UN also verified over 100 grave violations by Palestinian armed groups, in particular the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s Al-Quds Brigades. In the SG’s latest annual report on CAAC, published in June, the UN found Israeli Forces responsible for killing 42 children and injuring 933 children, 110 attacks on schools and hospitals, the recruitment and use of three children as human shields, and 1,863 incidents of the denial of humanitarian access. In July, the Security Council is expected to receive its quarterly briefing on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory is a situation of concern in the Secretary-General’s (SG) 2023 annual report (S/2023/363) on children and armed conflict (CAAC).
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