Israel has long blamed Hamas for civilian and children deaths, arguing that the militant group uses innocent people as human shields.

A U.N. committee on Thursday accused Israel of "severe" breaches of a global treaty protecting children's rights, saying its military actions in Gaza had a "catastrophic" impact on them and are among the worst violations in recent history.

UN committee presents findings on Israel’s treatment of children in Gaza war Ann Skelton, chair of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, vice chairs Bragi Gudbrandsson and Luis Ernesto Pedernera Reyna and committee member Hynd Ayoubi Idrissi brief the media on the committee's findings after a series of hearings with Israel over its treatment of children,

As the vice president was set to travel on Thursday to Michigan, home to many Muslim and Arab Americans, a leading group protesting U.S. support of Israel said she had not done enough to win its backing.

In a careful Thursday statement, the “Uncommitted” movement decried the Republican presidential nominee and third parties who could help him win while expressing frustration with Democrats.

Leaders of an “Uncommitted” movement, who helped garner hundreds of thousands of votes in Democratic primaries across the nation in protest of the Israel-Hamas war, won’t endorse Vice President Kamala