06/10/2025June 10, 2025
UN commission accuses Israel of war crime of ‘extermination’ in Gaza
An independent United Nations commission investigating the said Israeli attacks on schools and religious and cultural sites in Gaza amount to war crimes.
“Israel has obliterated Gaza’s education system and destroyed over half of all religious and cultural sites in the Gaza Strip,” the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian territories.
The report accused Israel of “directing attacks against civilians” and engaging in “willful killing.”
“In killing civilians sheltering in schools and religious sites, Israeli security forces committed the crime against humanity of extermination,” it said.
Commission chair Navi Pillay said in a statement that the actions indicated Israel was carrying out a campaign to destroy “Palestinian life” in the beleaguered enclave.
“We are seeing more and more indications that Israel is carrying out a concerted campaign to obliterate Palestinian life in Gaza,” she said.
What is the situation in Gaza?
Israel has seen over its offensive in the .
Earlier this month, UN human rights chief Volker Türk demanded an investigation after lining up for aid deliveries.
Israel has said it is working to destroy the , which launched attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023, killing around 1,200 people, around two-thirds of them civilians, and taking some 250 people hostage.
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