GENEVA, Switzerland — Global conflicts killed three times as many children and twice as many women in 2023 than the year before, as civilian fatalities swelled by more than 70 percent, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
Warring parties were increasingly 'pushing beyond boundaries of what is acceptable — and legal,' UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk told the UN Human Rights Council in the western Swiss city of Geneva.They are showing 'utter contempt for the other, trampling human rights at their core,' Turk said. 'Killings and injuries of civilians have become a daily occurrence. Destruction of vital infrastructure a daily occurrence.
'Since the war erupted after Hamas' unprecedented attacks on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, he said 'more than 120,000 people in Gaza, overwhelmingly women and children, have been killed or injured... as a result of the intensive Israeli offensives.''Since Israel escalated its operations into Rafah in early May, almost 1 million Palestinians have been forcibly displaced yet again, while aid delivery and humanitarian access deteriorated further,' he said.
Children Killed In Conflict Tripled In 2023
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