UN Commission Finds Crimes in West Bank, Genocidal Acts in Gaza

A United Nations commission of inquiry has concluded that Israeli authorities and forces committed crimes against humanity in the occupied West Bank and continued genocidal acts in Gaza after an October 2025 ceasefire, findings Israel rejected. The commission’s report, submitted to the UN General Assembly and published October 26, says Israeli military operations and settler violence in the West Bank since October 2023 amounted to a widespread and systematic attack against Palestinian civilians. It identifies extermination, torture, rape, other sexual violence and persecution among the crimes against humanity it says were committed. The report also identifies war crimes, including willful killing, in cases it investigated. In Gaza, the commission said cases it examined showed Israeli authorities and forces continued genocidal acts after the ceasefire, with intent to destroy Palestinians there in whole or in part. These are investigative conclusions, not criminal-court convictions. Israel rejects the genocide allegations and denies sexual-assault allegations against its forces. The Israeli mission in Geneva described the report as a misinformation campaign and called for the...