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The United Nations Investigation Commission states that Israel has made genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
The new report states that there are reasonable grounds to conclude that four of the five genocidal acts defined in accordance with international law were held since the beginning of the war with Hamas in 2023: killing members of the group, which led to their serious bodily and mental harm, intentionally caused the conditions.
He refers to the statements of Israeli leaders and the model of behavior of Israeli troops as a testimony of genocidal intentions.
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs said she strongly rejected the report, announcing it as “distorted and false”.
The press secretary accused three experts of the commission about acting as “trusted persons of” Hamas “and relying on” completely on the lies of Hamas, washed and repeated by others, “which were already perfectly decayed.”
“Unlike lies in the report, Hamas is a party that has tried genocide in Israel – killing 1200 people, rape women, burning families and openly announcing their goal of killing each Jew,” they added.
The Israeli military launched a campaign in Gaza in response to an unprecedented attack led by Hamas on South Israel on October 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people and 251 were taken hostage.
At least 64,905 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since then, according to the Ministry of Health in the territory.
Most of the population is also repeatedly displaced; It is estimated that more than 90% of the houses were damaged or destroyed; Health care systems, water, sanitation and hygiene have fallen apart; And the supported food security experts have announced hunger in Gaza.
In 2021, an independent International Commission on the Occupied Palestinian UN Palestinian territory was established in 2021 to investigate all alleged violations of the international humanitarian and human rights law.
Three members of the expert group are headed by Pila, a former South African Head of Human Rights, who was president of the International Rwanda Genocide Tribunal.
Last report of the commission It claims that the Israeli authorities and Israeli forces have committed four of the five acts of genocide, determined under the 1948 genocide Convention against the National, Ethnic, Racial or Religious Group – in this case Palestinians in Gaza:
- Killing members of the group through attacks on protected objects; orientation to civilians and other protective persons; and intentionally applying the conditions that cause death
- Causing serious bodily or mental harm to group members through direct attacks on civilians and protective objects; the brutal cruel treatment of the detainees; forced displacement; and the destruction of the environment
- Intentionally apply living conditions calculated to destroy the group completely or partially through the destruction of the structures and land necessary for the Palestinians; Destruction and refusal to access medical services; forced displacement; blocking the necessary assistance, water, electricity and fuel from the achievement of Palestinians; reproductive violence; and specific conditions that affect children
- Introduction of measures designed to prevent childbirth As reported
In order to fulfill the legal determination of genocide in accordance with the genocide Convention, it is also necessary to establish that the perpetrator has committed any of those who intend to destroy the group completely or in part.
The commission states that it analyzed the statements of Israeli leaders, and claims that President Isaac Duke, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Joab Gallant “ordered the Genocide Commission.”
It also states that “genocidal intention was the only reasonable conclusion” that could be made from the scheme of behavior of the Israeli authorities and security forces.
The commission states that the behavior model includes the deliberate murder and serious damage to the unprecedented number of Palestinians who use heavy ammunition; systematic and widespread attacks on religious, cultural and educational places; And imposing on the siege of Gaza and the starving population.
The Israeli government insists that its efforts are aimed solely at the dismantling of Hamas’s capabilities, not the residents of Gaza. It states that his forces act in accordance with international law and take all possible measures to mitigate the damage to the civilian population.
“Already on October 7, 2023, Prime Minister Netanyahu promised to apply …” Mighty revenge “on all places where Hamas unfolds, hides and acts in this evil city, we will turn them in the rubble,” Pila said in an interview with the BBC.
“Its use of the phrase” wicked city “in the same statement meant that it saw the whole city of Gaza (Gaza City) as a responsible and purpose for revenge. And it ordered the Palestinians” to leave now because we will work hard everywhere. “
She added: “We needed two years to collect all the actions and make the actual conclusions, make sure it happened … These are just the facts that will direct you. And you can only bring it to the genocide Convention when these actions were made with this intention.”
The commission states that the actions of Israeli political and military leaders are “attributed to the Israel”, and therefore the state “is responsible for the failure of the genocide, the commission of genocide and inability to punish genocide.”
He also warns that all other countries carry immediate commitments under the genocide Convention “prevent and punish the crime of genocide” using all measures at their disposal. If they don’t, it says they can be complicit.
“We have not gone so far as to call parties as co-authors, or being complicit in genocide. But this … continues the work of this commission. They will get there,” Pila said.
A number of international and Israeli human rights organizations, independent UN experts and scientists have also accused Israel of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
The International Court (CU), meanwhile, is considering the case of South Africa, which accuses the Israeli forces of genocide. Israel called the case “completely unjustified” and on the basis of “prejudice and false claims”.
