"War Crimes and Other Atrocities": UN Demands Israel Prevent "Genocide" in Gaza
The UN rights office said Israel’s campaign involved war crimes and urged steps to prevent genocide as civilian casualties topped 72,000, officials said.
- The United Nations demanded on Monday that Israel take measures to prevent acts of "genocide" in Gaza, while decrying indications of "ethnic cleansing" in the Palestinian territory and the occupied West Bank.
- Following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack inside Israel that killed 1,221 people and saw 240 taken captive, Israel launched a retaliatory military campaign that has killed more than 72,000 people in Gaza.
- Monday's report highlighted "gross violations" of international law by Israel, while hostages seized by Palestinian armed groups suffered torture and sexual abuse while held "in inhumane conditions" for months.
- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk called upon Israel to "prevent the commission of acts of genocide" and "end its unlawful presence in the Palestinian territory," while condemning Hamas for abuses.
- Conflict monitors warn that Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip has accelerated since the ceasefire with Iran last month, while Ajith Sunghay, head of UN Human Rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, noted Israeli military and settlers are killing Palestinians with impunity.
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Deník.czIsrael has grossly violated international law and committed war crimes and crimes against humanity during the war in the Gaza Strip, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said in a report published on Monday, according to AFP. According to it, Palestinian armed groups also committed war crimes during the attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, and then in the detention of kidnapped Israeli hostages.
A new report by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights denounces a "collective punishment of the Palestinians" and signs of "ethnic cleansing". ...
Israel repeatedly violated international legality in Gaza between October 2023 and May 2025. These violations include war crimes, and possibly crimes against humanity and even genocide. This is the main conclusion of the report presented this Monday by the UN Human Rights Office headed by Volker Türk. The Geneva-based agency has analyzed the period that followed Hamas' attacks, which on October 7, 2023 killed more than 1,200 Israelis, until May …
On Monday, the United Nations demanded that Israel take all possible measures to prevent acts of "genocide" in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
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