UN commission says genocide continues in Gaza and crimes against humanity are being committed in the West Bank — Israel rejects the report
A United Nations commission of inquiry has concluded that Israel continues to commit genocide in Gaza despite the ceasefire that took effect in October 2025, and that Israeli forces have committed crimes against humanity and war crimes in the occupied West Bank. The Independent International Commission of Inquiry's report, transmitted to the UN General Assembly on 26 October, says Israeli attacks killed 1,431 Palestinians in Gaza between the ceasefire and 30 September 2026, including 300 children, and puts the Palestinian death toll across the occupied territories since October 2023 at more than 75,000. The commission recommended that the ICC prosecutor examine genocide among the crimes in its Palestine investigation. Israel categorically denies that its actions in Gaza amount to genocide and rejects the commission's findings; Prime Minister Netanyahu has called the genocide allegation 'the biggest lie of the century'. The findings are the commission's — they are carried on this page as its conclusions, with Israel's rejection alongside.
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Key points
- The UN Commission of Inquiry's 26 October report concludes genocide continues in Gaza after the ceasefire, and finds crimes against humanity in the West Bank.
- Its figures: 1,431 Palestinians killed in Gaza between the ceasefire and 30 September 2026; more than 75,000 killed across the occupied territories since October 2023.
- It asks the ICC prosecutor to examine genocide for the existing warrants — a recommendation, not a charge.
- Israel denies genocide outright; Netanyahu has called the allegation 'the biggest lie of the century'. The two positions are carried side by side.
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What happened
The commission, established by the UN Human Rights Council in May 2021, first concluded in September 2025 that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza. This report, presented to the General Assembly's Third Committee on 26 October 2026 and briefed to the Palestine Committee three days later, extends that conclusion past the US-brokered ceasefire of 10 October 2025 and widens the focus to the West Bank, where it says the situation has 'deteriorated gravely' since October 2023. The queue item (The Hindu, #1546) was held in earlier passes because it rested on a single source and the UN document had not been read; this pass works from the UN's own press release and multiple independent carries of the report itself.
Both sides, in their own words
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Side A · The commission's findings
- Israeli authorities and forces continue to commit genocidal acts with the genocidal intent to destroy, in whole or in part, the Palestinians in Gaza — including after the October 2025 ceasefire (the commission).
- In the West Bank, Israeli forces have committed the crimes against humanity of extermination, persecution, torture, rape and other forms of sexual violence, as part of a strategy to exterminate and displace Palestinians (the commission).
- The ICC prosecutor should examine genocide and the other crimes for amendment to existing arrest warrants and new applications (the commission's recommendation).
Side B · Israel's position
- Israel categorically denies that its military actions in Gaza constitute genocide; Prime Minister Netanyahu told the UN General Assembly the genocide allegation was 'the biggest lie of the century' (Israel's stated position, via Apex News).
- Israel rejects the commission and its findings — its officials have long accused the commission of bias; no Israeli response to this specific report beyond the standing denial was read in this pass.
Independently verified
The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel transmitted its latest report to the UN General Assembly on 26 October 2026. The commission concluded that 'Israeli authorities and forces continue to commit genocidal acts with the genocidal intent to destroy, in whole or in part, the Palestinians in Gaza' — building on its September 2025 conclusion that Israel had committed genocide, citing four of the five genocidal acts under the 1948 Genocide Convention. For the West Bank, the commission found the crimes against humanity of extermination, persecution, torture, rape and other forms of sexual violence, and war crimes, committed as part of what its chair called a broader strategy to exterminate and displace Palestinians. On 29 October the commission's chair, Srinivasan Muralidhar, briefed the UN's Palestine Committee in New York, warning with the special rapporteurs that 'genocide continues in Gaza' while 'crimes against humanity and war crimes' are being committed in the West Bank. The report's figures: more than 75,000 Palestinians have been killed across the occupied Palestinian territory since 7 October 2023, including at least 21,500 children and 11,000 women. In Gaza, Israeli attacks killed 1,431 Palestinians — including 300 children and 130 women — between the ceasefire of 10 October 2025 and 30 September 2026, and wounded 5,026. In the West Bank including East Jerusalem, the report counts 1,080 Palestinians killed and 10,940 injured since October 2023, and says military actions drove more than 34,000 Palestinians from their homes between January 2025 and August 2026. The commission says it investigated seven cases between November 2023 and June 2026 in which Israeli forces harmed Palestinians, often children, who did not appear to pose a threat, and that Israeli forces still hold more than 60% of Gaza's territory. The commission recommended that the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court examine, within the court's continuing Palestine investigation, the crimes committed in Gaza and the West Bank — including genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes — for amendment to the existing arrest warrants and addition to future applications; the ICC issued warrants for Prime Minister Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant in November 2024 for war crimes and crimes against humanity. To Israel, the commission's recommendations included an immediate end to the commission of genocide in Gaza, an end to the unlawful occupation of Palestinian territory in line with the ICJ's July 2024 advisory opinion, and effective remedies including compensation and restitution for victims.Not yet verified
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Why this label: Verified as what the commission concluded and said: the report's transmission date and its central conclusion are carried in matching terms by multiple independent reports of the document (The Final Call via OHCHR; ZNetwork; Voice of Serbia), and the 29 October briefing is the UN's own press release GA/PAL/1497 (read in full in this pass), which records the chair's presence and the briefers' warning in the same words. The underlying conduct is the commission's finding — a finding Israel rejects, carried as Side B — not a Vozia finding.
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Why this label: Every figure is the report's own, traced to reports of the document: the overall toll, the post-ceasefire Gaza toll and the West Bank toll are in Voice of Serbia's and The Final Call's carries of the report, and the displacement and territory figures in ZNetwork's. They are labelled Verified as the commission's published figures — the commission's counting, attributed to it in the claim — not as independently recounted totals. One period figure differs between carries (a West Bank post-ceasefire toll of 137 in one report against the since-2023 totals in others); the claim carries only the figures that agree across carries.
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Why this label: The recommendations are the report's own text as carried by ZNetwork and The Final Call; the November 2024 warrants are the ICC's public record, noted by ZNetwork. A recommendation is not a charge: no genocide charge has been brought, which the claim states by its wording.
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Why this label: The denial is Israel's stated position (Apex News, read via search in this pass), labelled Disputed at the level of the underlying question: the commission finds genocide; Israel denies it. The absence of a figure-by-figure Israeli rebuttal in this pass's reading is stated in the claim rather than filled in.
On the ladder: credible sources conflict, so we show both workings. One side's own statement is that side's position — never proof.
What we know / what we don't know yet
What we know
- What the commission concluded, the figures it published and what it recommended — from the UN's own press release (read in full) and independent carries of the report in agreement.
- That Israel denies genocide and rejects the commission — its stated position.
What we don't know yet
- Any detailed Israeli rebuttal of this report's specific figures or cases — none was read in this pass; Israel's standing denial is carried instead.
- Whether the ICC prosecutor will seek to add genocide to the warrants — the commission recommended examination; the decision is the prosecutor's and no application had been reported.
- How member states will act on the report — it was presented days before Israel's election, and no state action on it had been reported in the reporting read.
Why it matters
A UN-mandated commission saying genocide continued after a ceasefire — and asking the ICC to consider genocide charges — is among the gravest findings an international body can issue, and it lands while Israel's own politics are in upheaval. It is carried here exactly as what it is: one body's documented conclusion, with the accused state's denial beside it, so readers can weigh both.
Background
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The UN Human Rights Council establishes the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel.
The commission concludes for the first time that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, citing four of the five acts in the Genocide Convention.
A US-brokered ceasefire takes effect in Gaza.
The commission transmits its new report to the General Assembly: genocide continues in Gaza; crimes against humanity in the West Bank.
Chair Srinivasan Muralidhar briefs the UN Palestine Committee in New York.
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Story published in Checking state as a brief from queue #1546 (The Hindu), previously held for a single source and an unread primary: this pass works from the UN's own press release (read in full) and three independent carries of the report, with Israel's denial as Side B. JUDGE AUDIT: the headline attributes the genocide conclusion to the commission ('UN commission says…') and carries Israel's rejection in the same line — neither side's position is stated as Vozia's finding; every figure is the report's own and is attributed to it inside the claims; the ICC point is worded as a recommendation to examine, never as a charge. The video is the UN Palestine Committee's own upload of the chair's briefing (oEmbed 200). The hero is a labelled Gaza file photo.