{"id":68207,"date":"2024-06-07T22:02:05","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T22:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/07\/u-n-adding-israel-and-hamas-to-list-of-countries-and-groups-that-harm-children-in-war-zones\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T22:02:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T22:02:05","slug":"u-n-adding-israel-and-hamas-to-list-of-countries-and-groups-that-harm-children-in-war-zones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/07\/u-n-adding-israel-and-hamas-to-list-of-countries-and-groups-that-harm-children-in-war-zones\/","title":{"rendered":"U.N. Adding Israel and Hamas to List of Countries and Groups That Harm Children in War Zones"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The United Nations will add Israel as well as Hamas to a list of countries and armed groups that harm children when it releases its annual report on children and armed conflict, citing the heavy toll the war in Gaza has taken on minors, including killing, maiming and starvation, U.N. officials said.<\/p>\n

St\u00e9phane Dujarric, the U.N. spokesman, said the body\u2019s chief of staff called the Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, on Friday to inform him that Israel would be listed this year. \u201cThe call was a courtesy afforded to countries that are newly listed,\u201d Mr. Dujarric said, \u201cto give countries a heads-up and avoid leaks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hamas, the armed group that led Gaza before the war, will be named in the report because its fighters abducted and killed Israeli children when they attacked Israel on Oct. 7, a U.N. official said. Armed groups that harm children in conflicts, like the Taliban and Boko Haram, are routinely named in the annual report.<\/p>\n

The news of Israel\u2019s listing further strained an already deteriorating relationship between it and the United Nations.<\/p>\n

Mr. Erdan called the move \u201can immoral decision that aids terrorism and rewards terrorists.\u201d He made a video recording of the phone call and released parts of it on the social media site X.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n