"A United Nations commission of inquiry has now said what Israeli, Palestinian and international human rights organisations, as well as many genocide scholars, have already argued: that Israel's war in Gaza amounts to genocide. The commission finds that mass killings, attacks on vital infrastructure, starvation, displacement and denial of medical care meet the legal definition of history's gravest crime. It finds genocidal intent the only reasonable inference from both the statements of Israel's leaders and the conduct of its forces in Gaza."
"It is no defence to point to Hamas atrocities, appalling as they were, to justify the systematic devastation of Gaza, home to over 2 million people, half of them children. The notion that the flattening of Gaza will bring peace is for the birds. Reportedly, Israel's military chiefs have privately conceded that Hamas may not be defeated even after Gaza City falls and that a complete victory may require further military expansion in the strip."
A UN commission of inquiry concludes that Israel's actions in Gaza amount to genocide, citing mass killings, attacks on vital infrastructure, starvation, forced displacement and denial of medical care. The commission interprets statements by Israeli leaders and the conduct of Israeli forces as demonstrating genocidal intent. Claims of lawful self-defence are rejected in light of overwhelming evidence and a deliberate pattern of destruction. The finding calls for political action from states that have enabled or excused the conduct. The destruction of Gaza cannot be justified by citing Hamas atrocities, and military victory may remain elusive despite further expansion.
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