US EditionIsrael Is Committing Genocide in Gaza, Human Rights Experts Say
UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza, citing nearly 65,000 deaths; US sanctions her, calling her work biased and malicious.
- A three-member UN commission concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, based on its security forces' conduct and explicit statements by Israeli authorities.
- The findings follow nearly two years of war sparked by the deadly October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks that killed 1,219 mostly civilians in Israel.
- The commission cited factors including Gaza’s total siege, blockade of humanitarian aid causing starvation, systematic healthcare destruction, and direct child targeting.
- Commission chair Navi Pillay affirmed that there is evident intent to eliminate the Palestinian population in Gaza through actions that satisfy the definitions outlined in the Genocide Convention.
- Israel rejects the genocide allegations as antisemitic falsehoods while UN officials urge countries to halt arms transfers to Israel amid ongoing hostilities.
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Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, human rights experts say
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UN’s Albanese: Gaza ’genocide’ complicity ’shame of our time’
A UN rights expert reiterated on Monday that Israel was committing "genocide" in Gaza, slamming what she said was the "complicity" of other countries as "the shame of our time". "Far too many states continue to look away, normalise the suffering and even profit from it," Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, told reporters in Geneva. "Arms trade and dip…
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