It says “sustained air, artillery, drone and gunfire attacks” have persisted and “heavy and unguided munitions” are being used in built-up areas.

The report claims 1,431 people, including at least 300 children and 130 women, have been killed since the US-brokered ceasefire deal began in October 2025 and Israel is aiming to “destroy, in whole or in part, the Palestinians in Gaza”.

The report also accused Israeli soldiers and prison guards of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the West Bank, including extermination, torture, rape and other forms of sexual violence and persecution against civilians.

Israel dismissed the report as biased and part of a “misinformation campaign” to demonise the country and “destroy the Jewish state”.

It has previously denied claims of genocide, insisted it only launches attacks in response to Hamas ceasefire breaches, and does all it can to avoid civilian casualties.

Monday’s report was the latest by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the ‌Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel.

It also accuses Israel of expanding its control of Gaza by fortifying the temporary ceasefire line with at least nine new military bases, making it a “steadily encroaching de facto border”.

The report says Israeli-controlled areas have expanded from the 53% first envisaged under the ceasefire to at least 60% today.

“Israeli authorities’ failure to clearly communicate the boundaries of the Yellow Line to Palestinians in Gaza has resulted in civilian casualties when civilians unintentionally approached or crossed the line,” the report states.

More than 74,000 people died during the Gaza war, according to the Hamas-run health authority, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.

The conflict began after about 1,200 Israelis were killed and 251 taken hostage in the October 2023 Hamas terror attack.

Israel has pledged to destroy Hamas in order to prevent a repeat of the atrocity.

The three-person commission – which was set up in 2021 and doesn’t represent the official position of the UN’s collective members – also highlights the “intentional killing and injuring of Palestinian civilians and destruction of homes in the West Bank”.

The situation has “deteriorated gravely” since 7 October 2023, according to the report, which claims Israel is using the “Gaza strategy of total destruction”.

It says civilians in the West Bank are being intentionally targeted due to race, ethnicity, gender and age.

Six people were killed by airstrikes in the West Bank between 2008 and 2023, the report says, but more than 250 died between October 2023 and 30 September 2026.

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