An Independent International Commission of Investigation of the UN He concluded on Tuesday that Israel has committed genocide against the Palestinian population in Gaza, said EFE.
The report, presented by the former president of the International Criminal Court for Rwanda, Navi Pillay, directly hold the Israeli government for orchestrating a “genocidal campaign” from the attacks of Hamas of October 7, 2023.
According to the investigation, the Israeli forces perpetrated “four of the five genocidal acts recognized in international law”: mass murders, serious physical and psychological damage, living conditions calculated to cause the destruction of the Palestinian population and imposition of measures to prevent births.
One of the most alarming findings points to the drastic drop in life expectancy in Gaza: 75.5 years before the offensive only 34.9 today, without still considering the effects of malnutrition and sanitary collapse.
The commission too denounced the destruction of a fertility clinic that housed 4000 embryos and 1000 reproductive sampleswhich, according to the report, has generated emotional and physical damage in the long term.
“The Israeli people were manipulated”
In his appearance before the press, Pillay said that “the responsibility of these atrocious crimes falls on the Israeli authorities in the highest instances,” directly holding prime minister Benjamín Netanyahu already its collaborators.
Australian jurist Chris Subii, also a member of the Commission, added:
“The trauma of October 7 was ruthlessly manipulated by Netanyahu and his cronies during the last two years. It is time to stop.”
International reaction to Israel’s genocide in Gaza
The report denounces that The passivity of the international community against evidence can be considered “complicity” with genocideand urges states to ensure that individuals or companies of their territories do not collaborate directly or indirectly in the offensive.
The Israeli government immediately rejected the conclusions. The Foreign Ministry described the “distorted and false” document, ensuring that it is based on “falsehoods of Hamas”. He also demanded the dissolution of the commission.
Meanwhile, Israel intensified on Tuesday his land offensive in the city of Gaza.
Defense Minister Israel Katz said that “Gaza Arde” and promised that the army will not cease “until the defeat of Hamas and the liberation of hostages.”
According to the Ministry of Health of Gaza, at least 41 people died in the last hours in the capital and in the center of the strip.
Humanitarian balance
UN Rapporteurs, NGO YUn Increasing number of countries qualify the offensive as genocide.
Since October 2023, the Israeli campaign has left almost 65,000 dead Palestinians, including more than 19,000 children, according to Gaza health authorities.
