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June 9, 2015

Despite Hundreds of Deaths, U.N. Excludes Israel from List of Countries That Kill Children 
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has left Israel off a list of
countries which kill or injure children during conflicts. The decision
defies the recommendation of a U.N. special envoy and follows intense
pressure from Israel and the United States. It comes despite the U.N.'s
conclusion last summer's Israeli assault on Gaza killed about 540
Palestinian children, making it the third deadliest conflict for
children included in the report, after Afghanistan and Iraq, and ahead
of Syria.

 

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