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Witnesses reported that tanks were rolling into the heart of the city in 'levels of war not seen in northern Gaza in possibly two years'.
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What did the commission find?
The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory concluded that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza.
It said there were reasonable grounds to conclude that Israel had carried out four of the five genocidal acts defined in the 1948 Genocide Convention since 2023.
These included killing members of a group, causing them serious bodily and mental harm, deliberately inflicting conditions calculated to destroy the group, and preventing births.
The report alleges Israeli authorities and forces have committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza through:
Killing members of a group
Through attacks on protected objects, targeting civilians and other protected persons, and the deliberate infliction of conditions causing deaths
Causing serious bodily or mental harm
Through direct attacks on civilians and protected objects, severe mistreatment of detainees, and environmental destruction
Deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to destroy the group
By destroying structures and land essential to Palestinians, destruction and denial of access to medical services, forced displacement, blocking essential aid, water, electricity and fuel, reproductive violence, and specific conditions impacting children
Preventing births
With the December 2023 attack on Gaza's largest fertility clinic. The attack reportedly destroyed 4,000 embryos and 1,000 sperm samples and unfertilised eggs