UN inquiry says Israel commits genocide in Gaza, Israel denies claim

A United Nations-appointed commission has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in its military campaign in Gaza, marking one of the most severe international condemnations of the war that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians. Israel has vehemently rejected the report, dismissing it as a distorted and antisemitic “blood libel.”

Following an exhaustive legal review, the three-member Commission of Inquiry stated that Israel…