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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk condemns the killing of 245 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank since 7 October 2023, describing the killing of a child for carrying or throwing stones as "abhorrent".
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former international judge Navi Pillay says she is certain Israel committed genocide in Gaza, citing the UN commission of inquiry report she chaired.
The Second Committee of the UN General Assembly backed a draft resolution presented by the Group of 77 and China affirming the permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people over their natural resources in the occupied territories, including East Jerusalem.
Palestinian factions demanded the dissolution of the so-called Board of Peace, saying it failed to end Palestinians' suffering, and held Israel and its international backers responsible for Gaza's humanitarian catastrophe.
The UN human rights office warns of continuing fears of ethnic cleansing in Gaza as Israeli forces push Palestinians into shrinking areas, destroy remaining civilian infrastructure and target displacement sites.
The United Nations has warned of growing ethnic cleansing concerns in Gaza as Israeli forces expand westward and repeated displacement confines Palestinians to a narrow, overcrowded strip.
