An independent UN investigation has concluded that Israel committed crimes against humanity during the war in Gaza, including the crime of “extermination”.
“The crimes against humanity of extermination; murder; gender persecution targeting Palestinian men and boys; forcible transfer; and torture and inhuman and cruel treatment were committed,” the Commission of Inquiry said in a report, due to be presented to the UN Human Rights Council next week.
It also blamed Hamas for committing war crimes in the early stages of the Gaza war.
The findings were from two parallel reports, one focusing on the October 7 Hamas attacks and another on Israel’s military response, published by the UN Commission of Inquiry (COI).
Israel does not cooperate with the commission, which it says has an anti-Israel bias. The COI says Israel obstructs its work and prevents investigators from accessing both Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory.

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