"When I see the images of the children starving - 20,000 children have starved because of the policies of the Israeli government - when I see the health system in Gaza collapsed, when I see the lack of supplies reaching people in need, when I see the famine that is man made, when I read the interim judgment of the International Court of Justice and then see a UN commission report this week, I think it's inescapable to draw the conclusion in Gaza we are seeing before our very eyes a genocide."
"The UN report, published on Tuesday, says there are reasonable grounds to conclude that four of the five genocidal acts defined under international law have been carried out since the start of the war with Hamas in 2023: killing members of a group causing them serious bodily and mental harm deliberately inflicting conditions calculated to destroy the group preventing births The UN commission of inquiry has previously concluded"
"Israel's foreign ministry said it categorically rejected UN the report, denouncing it as "distorted and false". "The report relies entirely on Hamas falsehoods, laundered and repeated by others," it said. "These fabrications have already been thoroughly debunked.""
Sir Sadiq Khan described the situation in Gaza as a genocide, citing images of starving children, a collapsed health system, lack of supplies, and a man-made famine. He stated that 20,000 children have starved because of Israeli government policies and referenced the International Court of Justice interim judgment alongside a United Nations commission report. The UN commission found reasonable grounds that four of five genocidal acts under international law have been carried out since the 2023 war with Hamas, including killing, causing serious bodily and mental harm, inflicting destructive conditions, and preventing births. Israel's foreign ministry categorically rejected the UN report as distorted and false.
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