{"id":512658,"date":"2026-06-26T20:06:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T20:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/512658\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T20:06:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T20:06:21","slug":"u-n-inquiry-finds-israel-still-committing-genocide-which-israel-denies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/512658\/","title":{"rendered":"U.N. inquiry finds Israel still committing genocide, which Israel denies"},"content":{"rendered":"

A United Nations panel has again found that Israel is committing genocide<\/a> against Palestinians in Gaza, and deliberately targets children, allegations the Israeli government strongly denies.<\/p>\n

The U.N.\u2019s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said in its latest report that Israel continues to violate international law and an existing ceasefire in its ongoing military assault on the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n

The agency determined last year that Israel committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip over the course of its response to the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, which killed about 1,200 people in Israel.<\/p>\n

In the latest report, dated last week, the U.N. found that \u201cthe intense scale and systematic nature of the Israeli military operations have continued \u2014 resulting in unprecedented death, injury and trauma of Palestinian children.\u201d<\/p>\n

Israeli forces killed at least 20,179 children since the Hamas attack, 5,031 of whom were younger than 5, including 1,029 who were not yet 1, the U.N. investigators found. Another 44,143 children were injured \u201cas a direct result of the hostilities in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report notes that the figures likely do not represent the actual death toll, as many children\u2019s bodies remain under rubble or otherwise unaccounted for.<\/p>\n

Israeli officials have repeatedly denied that the country is committing genocide, and dismissed the U.N.\u2019s newest report. Israel\u2019s Foreign Ministry<\/a> called it \u201ca propaganda piece as outrageous as its previous ones.\u201d<\/p>\n

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However, \u201cThe evidence shows that Palestinian children have been deliberately targeted and killed by the Israeli security forces,\u201d said Srinivasan Muralidhar, chair of the office\u2019s Independent International Commission of Inquiry. \u201cEven after the October 2025 ceasefire<\/a>, children continue to be killed and seriously injured, with continued disregard by Israel for the ceasefire and for the protection owed to Palestinian children under international law.\u201d<\/p>\n

One doctor told the commission that it was hard for Palestinians to identify \u201cthe yellow line,\u201d an Israeli-controlled restricted area where Palestinians, including children, are killed when entering.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is difficult for Palestinians to know where the yellow line is, as it is just some random yellow blocks placed at random distance and there is nothing clearly marking it (e.g. fences), so it is impossible for people, particularly children, to know or locate the line,\u201d the doctor said. \u201cThis yellow line also keeps moving and it is not an internationally recognized line; it\u2019s an arbitrary line by Israeli security forces.\u201d<\/p>\n

The commission \u201cemphasizes that demarcation lines should be clearly defined and communicated to avoid harm to civilians.\u201d<\/p>\n

The commission also noted clinical evidence and studies that show Palestinian children in Israeli detention have been subjected to sexual and gender-based violence, including forced public nudity.<\/p>\n

The commission also found that Israel is committing war crimes in the West Bank, which Israel also denies.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs an occupying power, Israel has extensive duties towards the protected civilian population, especially children,\u201d the commission wrote. \u201cIt must, to the fullest extent of the means available, ensure the provision of adequate food and medical supplies, maintain medical and hospital services, and facilitate the work of relief organizations to meet children\u2019s needs.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tErum Salam<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tErum Salam is a breaking news reporter for MS NOW, with a focus on how global events and foreign policy shape U.S. politics. She previously was a breaking news reporter for The Guardian.\t\t<\/p>\n

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