A new United Nations (UN) investigative report has concluded that both Israeli authorities and Palestinian armed groups have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity since and in the aftermath of Hamas’ October 7 last year.
The findings of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory were presented to the Human Rights Council in Geneva earlier Wednesday by its Chair, South African jurist, Dr Navi Pillay.
The Commission has argued that it was imperative that all those, who committed crimes be held accountable and that the only way to stop the recurring cycles of violence, including aggression and retribution by both sides, was to ensure strict adherence to international law.
This latest report from the Commission makes factual and legal findings in relation to the attack by Hamas on October 7 and Israel’s military operation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, principally the Gaza Strip, focusing on the period from October 7 through December 2023, 31.
Pillay says, “From 7th October, we conclude that Israeli authorities are responsible for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and violations of international humanitarian and human rights law, including extermination, intentionally directing attacks against civilians and civilian objects, murder or wilful killing, using starvation as a method of war, forcible transfer, gender persecution targeting Palestinian men and boys, sexual and gender-based violence amounting to torture and cruel or inhuman treatment.
Israel’s total siege of the Gaza Strip has weaponised the provision of life-sustaining necessities for strategic and political gains, including through cutting off supplies of water, food, electricity, fuel and other essential supplies, including humanitarian assistance.
Source: eNCA
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