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.
The ?data showed 14,224 children killed or maimed, with a 34% 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.
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