{"id":674,"date":"2026-06-26T19:06:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T19:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=674"},"modified":"2026-06-26T19:06:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T19:06:29","slug":"ms-rachel-hosts-press-briefing-on-israels-targeting-of-palestinian-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=674","title":{"rendered":"Ms. Rachel Hosts Press Briefing on Israel\u2019s Targeting of Palestinian Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- begin partial\/series-card --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><i><span>Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news \u2014 make a <\/span><\/i><i><span>quick donation<\/span><\/i><i><span> to Truthout today!\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=672\">New Evidence Suggests RFK Jr. Lied to Senate in Claims About 2019 Samoa Visit<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Friday, childhood educator and YouTube influencer Ms. Rachel hosted a press briefing on the impact of Israel\u2019s genocide on Palestinian children, following the release of the UN Commission of Inquiry report on Palestinian children earlier this week. <\/p>\n<p>The press briefing featured Chris Sidoti of the UN Commission of Inquiry; emergency physician Dr. Mahmooda \u201cMimi\u201d Syed, who served at Gaza\u2019s al-Aqsa Hospital and Nasser Hospital in 2024; and a child from a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. The briefing also featured videos of children in Gaza who have lost parents during the genocide, and clips of kids sharing their hopes for their education, which has been disrupted for nearly three years. <\/p>\n<p>Sidoti of the UN Commission of Inquiry spoke about the report on the targeting of Palestinian children, which was released Tuesday. The Commission of Inquiry, he explained, found a pattern of Israeli forces \u201cintentionally targeting children in Gaza\u201d \u2014 not only through mass killing and bombing campaigns, but also through \u201cthe intentional targeting of individual children.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Israel has killed tens of thousands of children in Gaza since the start of the genocide in October 2023. <\/p>\n<p>Israeli soldiers have purposefully targeted children, the UN commission found, \u201cnot as part of a military operation,\u201d but with soldiers \u201cdeliberately targeting\u201d kids with precisely-aimed shots \u201cto the head or to the upper part of the body,\u201d Sidoti explained. <\/p>\n<p>The UN  documented numerous instances of snipers and quadcopters targeting children, even babies, with shots to the head. These instances were often in broad daylight, and sometimes, the child or infant was the only target. They also received reports of 168 other children injured or killed by gunshots, with 73 of them shot in the head, and 70 of them shot by quadcopters. <\/p>\n<p>The Commission interviewed medical practitioners at various hospitals in Gaza, \u201cwho reported a consistent pattern of receiving children with single gunshot wounds,\u201d either by snipers or quadcopters, suggesting carefully-aimed shots deliberately targeting kids. <\/p>\n<p>Quadcopters are small, remotely piloted drones; the operator can see the drone\u2019s view in real time. <\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more, hundreds of Palestinian children have been killed since the start of the so-called ceasefire in October. The \u201cceasefire is really not a ceasefire, it\u2019s a reduced fire,\u201d Sidoti said. Israeli forces have killed an average of five people in Gaza a day since the deal was implemented.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=670\">US Sanctions Impede Rescue Efforts After Venezuela Earthquakes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The report also details the worsening situation in the occupied West Bank, where almost 250 Palestinian children have been killed by Israel since October 2023. <\/p>\n<p>Sidoti called on states to act, and not simply give statements or condemnations. \u201cMany states have taken limited action, but they have been totally inadequate,\u201d he said, calling for a ban on arms and military trade with the state of Israel, and a much higher level of aid facilitated into Gaza. <\/p>\n<p>The amount of aid entering Gaza is less than a quarter of what Israel agreed to in the 2025 \u201cceasefire,\u201d Sidoti said. Malnutrition is increasing, as are children\u2019s deaths by malnutrition. <\/p>\n<p>Emergency Physician Dr. Mimi Syed described what she witnessed in Gaza over a few months in 2024, including children in Gaza being deliberately shot in the head. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were forced to practice in conditions that by themselves were war crimes,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>A much greater level of medical evacuation from Gaza is needed, she said. <\/p>\n<p>Ms. Rachel \u2013 whose educational videos for young children have millions of views, and who has become an advocate for children\u2019s rights in Palestine and immigrant jails in the U.S. \u2013 spoke of the over 58,000 children in Gaza who have lost one or both parents during the genocide. <\/p>\n<p>While children in Gaza had a 99 percent literacy rate before the start of the genocide, they have now been unable to attend school for nearly three years, she added.<\/p>\n<p>Sidoti urged global powers to hold Israeli soldiers accountable for their war crimes. \u201cAny soldiers who have participated in any way\u201d must be investigated for war crimes, he said \u2013 including the some 13,000 Americans who participated in the Israeli military throughout the genocide. <\/p>\n<p>The UN Commission of Inquiry additionally  Israel\u2019s pattern of targeting infrastructure critical to children, including health care facilities, orphanages, and schools. It also found a pattern of torture and sexual violence used against Palestinian children in Israeli detention. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartmovinghome.com\/?p=668\">Alaska GOP Pushes 800-Mile Gas Terminal and Pipeline That Could Decimate Climate<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ms. Rachel spoke with a UN specialist who found Israeli snipers and quadcopters intentionally targeted Palestinian kids.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ms. Rachel Hosts Press Briefing on Israel\u2019s Targeting of Palestinian Children - 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