‘Unprecedented scale’ of violations against children in Gaza, West Bank and Israel, UN report says

More grave violations' committed in occupied territories and Israel than anywhere else in world, report says

More grave violations against children were committed in Gaza, West Bank and Israel than anywhere else in the world last year, according to a UN report due to be published this week.

The report on children and armed conflict, which has been seen by the Guardian, verified more cases of war crimes against children in the occupied territories and Israel than anywhere else, including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Myanmar, Somalia, Nigeria and Sudan.