A consensus is emerging: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Where is the action?-The Guardian

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3. Nine months later - Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza, U.N. Inquiry Says

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/world/middleeast/un-israel-gaza-genocide.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mk8.F198.Hrcas1-ID5HX&smid=url-share


"In earlier reports, the commission found that Israel had committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in its conflict with Hamas, but stopped short of calling it genocide. Israel denounced the accusation as “fake.”

The report details the deaths of civilians killed during intense Israeli bombing of densely populated areas, the destruction of hospitals and clinics, including Gaza’s main fertility clinic, and the destruction of educational, religious and cultural sites. The consequence, it said, is the erasure of Palestinian identity.


... While the U.N. commission that issued the report has no enforcement power, Ms. Pillay said in an interview that its findings would carry weight with the world’s highest court, the International Court of Justice, as well as with International Criminal Court. The court is weighing a petition by South Africa to declare that Israel is committing genocide.

“This is a significant, independent report, one that will have to be taken seriously by all who read it, not least by those who are advising the prime minister and government of Israel,” said Philippe Sands, a law professor at University College London who specializes in genocide cases and has appeared before many international courts..."