UN Commission Alleges Israel Committing Genocide in Gaza in Landmark Report

GENEVA – A United Nations-backed commission of independent experts today, Tuesday, September 16, 2025, delivered a scathing report concluding that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. The findings, issued by the Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel, call for immediate international action to halt the alleged genocide and hold those responsible accountable.

The deeply documented report asserts that Israel has committed four of the five “genocidal acts” defined under the 1948 Genocide Convention. Specifically, the commission cited evidence of killing members of a group, causing serious bodily or mental harm, deliberately inflicting conditions calculated to bring about physical destruction, and imposing measures aimed to prevent births. The commission highlighted factors such as the high death toll, the “total siege” of Gaza, the blockade of humanitarian aid leading to starvation, the systematic destruction of the healthcare system, and the direct targeting of children.

In response, Israel’s Foreign Ministry vehemently rejected the report as “distorted and false,” dismissing the commission members as “Hamas proxies” with “openly antisemitic positions.” The Israeli government has consistently denied genocide allegations, characterizing them as an antisemitic “blood libel.”

While the commission and its parent body, the 47-member UN Human Rights Council, lack enforcement powers, their findings could significantly influence ongoing proceedings at the International Criminal Court (ICC) or the UN’s International Court of Justice (ICJ), where South Africa has already filed a genocide case against Israel. The report also urged other countries to cease weapons transfers to Israel and prevent any actions contributing to the alleged genocide in Gaza.

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