UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns that Israeli settler groups could be added to a UN global blacklist for alleged violations against children, according to reporting based on the UN’s annual Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC) report. Speaking on Wednesday, Guterres says the UN is alarmed by what he calls a “staggering” rise in violations against Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank. The CAAC report records 38,558 “grave violations” worldwide in 2025 affecting 24,174 children, with the number of affected children described as a record since the CAAC mandate began in 1996. The report says 14,224 children are killed or maimed, including a 34% increase over 2024 in the number killed. It also states the UN verified killings of 2,668 Palestinian children in Gaza and 57 in the West Bank in 2025. One outlet additionally notes the report continues to list Hamas’ armed wing and affiliated factions over killings, maiming and abductions of children, and attributes 2,806 violations to Palestinian armed groups.
UN chief warns Israeli settler groups could be added to blacklist for child rights violations
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns that Israeli settler groups could be added to a UN global blacklist for alleged violations against children, according to reporting based on the UN’s annual...
- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns Israeli settler groups may be added to a global UN blacklist for violations against children.
- Guterres cites a sharp rise in violations against Palestinian children, particularly in the occupied West Bank.
- The UN Children and Armed Conflict report records 38,558 “grave violations” worldwide in 2025 affecting 24,174 children (a record since 1996).
- The report says 14,224 children are killed or maimed, with a 34% rise over 2024 in the number killed.
- The UN verifies the killing of 2,668 Palestinian children in Gaza and 57 in the West Bank in 2025.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Wednesday that Israeli settler groups could be added to a global blacklist for violations against children, voicing alarm at a 'stagg...
3 months agoJune 17 (Reuters) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday that Israeli settler groups could be added to a global blacklist for violations against children as he voiced alarm at a “staggering” rise in violations against Palestinian children.
3 months agoA United Nations report says it has verified the killing of 2,668 Palestinian children in Gaza and 57 in the West Bank in 2025.
3 months agoThe report continues to blacklist Hamas’ armed wing and affiliated factions for killing and maiming children and for abductions, and attributes 2,806 violations to Palestinian armed groups.
3 months agoUN warns Israeli settlers could join blacklist for violations against children UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday that Israeli settler groups could be added to a global blacklist for violations against children as he voiced alarm at a "staggering" rise in violations against Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank. The world body's annual report on Children and Armed Conflict recorded 38,558 "grave violations" globally in 2025, affecting 24,174 children, the latter figure a record since CAAC's mandate began in 1996. The data showed 14,224 children killed or maimed, with a 34 percent rise over 2024 in the number killed to 6,266. It said the United Nations had verified the killing of 2,668 Palestinian children in Gaza and 57 in the West Bank. A child injured by Israeli settlers lies in a hospital bed, next to his father Youssef Muzahim, near Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank 2 June 2026. (Mohamad Torokman / Reuters)
3 months agoBy David BrunnstromJune 17 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday that Israeli settler groups could be added to a global blacklist for violations against children as he voiced alarm at a "staggering" rise in violations against Palestinian children.The world body's annual report on Children and Armed Conflict recorded 38,558 "grave violations" globally in 2025, affecting 24,174 children, the latter figure a record since CAAC's mandate began in 1996.
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