UN panel: Israel continued acts of genocide in Gaza after ceasefire

A United Nations commission said in a report published on Monday that Israel continued to commit acts of genocide in Gaza after the US-brokered ceasefire in October last year, a claim Israel has rejected as part of a "disinformation campaign."

Israel and the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, have examined violations against Palestinian children since the outbreak of war between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas on October 7, 2023, through September of this year.

The report stated that Israeli authorities continued to commit "acts of genocide with the intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza, in whole or in part," and noted that the situation has also continued to deteriorate in the occupied West Bank.

In another report issued in September 2025, the commission concluded that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza and that senior Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, had incited such acts. Israel has described these accusations as outrageous.

The Israeli mission in Geneva said the latest report was part of a disinformation campaign aimed at tarnishing the image of Israel.

Ambassador Daniel Meron said in a statement, "The attempt to destroy the Jewish state... continues today through the efforts of actors such as the United Nations Commission of Inquiry, which seeks to undermine Israel's legitimacy and deny its fundamental right to exist and defend itself."

The commission found that Israeli forces continued to use heavy munitions, drones, helicopters, sniper fire, and artillery in densely populated areas during the Gaza ceasefire.

It noted that the "yellow line," said to be a temporary ceasefire demarcation, was increasingly pushed deeper into Gaza and had become a de facto border, which the commission described as reflecting the expansion of Israeli control over Gaza territory.

Palestinian authorities say more than 74,000 people have been killed in Israel's military campaign in Gaza in response to the Hamas attack. Israeli statistics indicate that 1,200 people were killed in the Hamas assault.

The commission said in its report to the United Nations Security Council that the situation in the West Bank has also sharply deteriorated, with the number of Palestinians killed in airstrikes rising from six people between 2008 and October 6, 2023, to 254 people between October 7, 2023, and September 30, 2026.

Commission chairperson Srinivasan Moralidar said the deliberate killing of Palestinian civilians and destruction of homes in the West Bank are part of a broader strategy aimed at erasing and displacing Palestinians.

The report stated that military operations since January 2025 have led to the largest wave of Palestinian displacement in the West Bank since 1967, with 34,176 Palestinians remaining displaced as of August 2026.

The commission also criticized the Palestinian Authority, saying it targeted Palestinians expressing dissenting views, and that journalists and human rights defenders had been killed or injured.