"The new 72-page legal analysis from the United Nations' commission of inquiry on the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel is the strongest finding by part of the UN on Gaza to date. It accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, saying that its offensive there has been waged with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group."
"Created four years ago by the UN's human rights council and staffed by three independent experts, the commission does not officially speak for the UN, which has not yet used the term genocide itself but is under increasing pressure to do so. Israel's ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Daniel Meron, called the report scandalous and fake, saying it had been authored by Hamas proxies. He told journalists: Israel categorically rejects the libellous rant published today by this commission of inquiry."
A United Nations commission of inquiry on the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, alleging an offensive waged with intent to destroy a national, ethnic, racial or religious group. The commission was created by the UN human rights council and is staffed by three independent experts. The UN has not officially used the term genocide, and Israel rejects the allegation, calling it scandalous and fake while citing self-defence after the 7 October 2023 Hamas attack that killed 1,200 and took 251 hostages. The Gaza war has since killed over 64,000 people and injured more than 160,000, mostly civilians. The commission cites interviews, verified open-source documents, media and NGO reporting, and satellite imagery, and alleges Israel committed four of the five acts defined as genocide under the 1948 convention.
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