An international organization has declared that international laws and agreements related to the protection of children have become nothing more than ink on paper, given the ongoing crimes and violations committed by the Israeli occupation against Palestinian children, particularly in the Gaza Strip.
Ayed Abu Qutaish, Director of the Accountability Program at Defense for Children International, said in a statement on Saturday that "Palestinian Children's Day this year comes amid unprecedented crimes and violations against Palestinian children. The occupation has killed nearly 200 children in the West Bank since the start of the aggression on October 7, 2023, in addition to the crimes committed against children detained in Israeli prisons."
He added that these violations "touched upon all children's rights recognized in international agreements, most notably the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which was supposed to provide care and protection to children in conflict zones or under military occupation."
Abu Qutaish said, "There is no right for children in Gaza that has not been completely eradicated, whether the right to life, education, health, or anything else."
He considered that "international laws and agreements related to the protection of children have become ink on paper, in light of the ongoing Israeli crimes against Palestinian children, particularly in the Gaza Strip."
He continued, "The occupation's crimes are being committed in full view of the world, without the slightest intervention for protection, which has turned international laws into mere ink on paper for the Israeli criminal machine."
Human rights activist Abu Qatish pointed out that "these crimes highlight the extent of international silence and complicity with the occupation."
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International organization: Israeli occupation has killed 200 children in the West Bank since the beginning of the aggression.