UN will describe Israel and Hamas as violating children’s rights in conflict

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres (Yuki Iwamura/AP)

The UN secretary-general will list Israel and Hamas as violating the rights and protection of children in armed conflict in an upcoming annual report to the Security Council.

According to the preface of last year’s report, it lists parties engaged in “the killing and maiming of children” and in “attacks on schools, hospitals and protected persons in relation to schools and/or hospitals”.