Israel on Tuesday, September 16th, said it “categorically rejects” a probe by UN investigators which determined that Israel has since October 2023 been committing “genocide” in Gaza.
“Israel categorically rejects this distorted and false report and calls for the immediate abolition of this Commission of Inquiry,” a statement from the foreign ministry said.
The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry (COI), which does not speak on behalf of the world body, found that “genocide is occurring in Gaza and is continuing to occur,” commission chief Navi Pillay told AFP.
Investigators said Netanyahu, Herzog, and former defense minister Gallant encouraged genocide in the Palestinian territories.
The Israeli foreign ministry stated that the authors of the report of “serving as Hamas proxies,” saying they were “notorious for their openly antisemitic positions.”
“The report relies entirely on Hamas falsehoods, laundered and repeated by others,” it added.
The commission claims Israeli authorities and forces have carried out “four of the five genocidal acts” from the 1948 Genocide Convention since October 2023.
