The Israeli occupation’s continued violations against Palestinian children, including murder, persecution, intimidation and deliberate injury, are war crimes that cannot be tolerated, the official stressed in a statement.

Majdalani called on the international community and its institutions, especially the UN Security Council, to provide protection to the Palestinian people.

Recently, the Minister criticized the violations systematically practiced by Tel Aviv’s troops not only because they ‘leave a mark on our children, but also deprive them of their basic rights’.

The United Nations special envoy for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, denounced the infant’s death on his Twitter account yesterday. I call on the Israeli authorities to conduct an immediate and thorough investigation’ into his death, he said.

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