"Furthermore, the Commission found that the Israeli authorities have (i) destroyed in part the reproductive capacity of the Palestinians in Gaza as a group, including by imposing measures intended to prevent births; and (ii) deliberately inflicted conditions of life calculated to bring about the physical destruction of Palestinians as a group, both of which are underlying acts of genocide in the Rome Statute and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (“Genocide Convention”)," the report read.
Israeli leaders, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, incited genocide in the Gaza Strip, Navi Pillay, chair of the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, said.
Israel has committed genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza and it is continuing with that genocide, which has been "the most ruthless, prolong and widespread attack against the Palestinian people since 1948," Pillay told a briefing.
"The state of Israel bears responsibility for the failure to prevent genocide, for the commission of genocide, and for the failure to punish genocide against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. On incitement to genocide, the Commission concludes that many Israeli political and military leaders, including President Isaac Herzog, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ... had incited the commission of genocide," the chairperson said.
All countries must use all tools to stop Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip and occupied territories, Pillay added.