And they HAVE BEEN.

This is the one I cite all the time, from 2024:

theguardian.com/…/gaza-palestinian-children-kille…

"This is not a normal war. The war in Ukraine has killed 500 kids in two years and the war in Gaza has killed over 10,000 in less than five months. We have seen wars before but this is something that is a dark stain on our shared humanity.”

Also:

france24.com/…/20241029-us-doctor-claims-israeli-…

“The doctor went on to claim that Israeli snipers are deliberately shooting children in Gaza, citing his observation of two children who were shot twice. “No child gets shot twice by mistake,” he said.

“Metadata proves it was real,” Perlmutter added, referencing a recent article published by The New York Times detailing the harrowing experiences of doctors in Gaza such as himself.”

For those keeping track at home:

ohchr.org/…/convention-prevention-and-punishment-…

“Article II

In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:

✅ (a) Killing members of the group;

✅ (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;

✅ © Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;

✅ (d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;

✅ (e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.”