Hamas welcomes UN report condemning Israeli crimes against children

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Hamas has welcomed the UN report issued by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child which has accused the Israeli occupation of committing systematic crimes against Palestinian children.The movement said in a press release on Saturday that the report reaffirms that Israel has been violating the most basic human rights and committing offenses against the imprisoned children.It said that even though this report came late, it represents a step in the right direction and called on the United Nations to take practical steps to deter the occupation and to prosecute its leaders as war criminals.Hamas also demanded the Palestinian Authority to stop all forms of security coordination with the occupation, and demanded the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to file lawsuits against the occupation at international courts.It urged the human rights organizations to adopt effective actions to expose the Israeli crimes against the Palestinian prisoners, and "to put pressure on the occupation to immediately release them and end their suffering."End item/ 149