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Israel is continuing to commit genocidal acts in Gaza despite the October 2025 ceasefire and is carrying out crimes against humanity in the occupied West Bank, an independent U.N. Commission of Inquiry said in a report on Monday.
Israel rejected the findings, with its mission in Geneva calling for the commission’s dissolution and describing the report as part of a "misinformation campaign to demonize the state of Israel."
The report said Israeli authorities and forces "continue to commit genocidal acts with the genocidal intent to destroy, in whole or in part, the Palestinians in Gaza."
Much of the harm has come from Israel’s expansion deeper into Gaza during the ceasefire period, the commission said. The Israeli forces have gone from occupying 53% of Gaza to at least 60% since the truce was signed.
Between the Oct. 10, 2025, ceasefire and the end of September 2026, Israeli airstrikes, artillery and gunfire killed 1,431 Palestinians in Gaza, including 300 children, the report said. Gaza’s Health Ministry puts the toll since the truce at 1,551.
Israeli forces continue to kill and injure civilians, including children, who approach or cross the so-called Yellow Line, the commission said. The report rejected a May claim by the Trump-created Board of Peace that the ceasefire had "largely held."
More than 75,000 Palestinians have been killed across the occupied Palestinian territory since Oct. 7, 2023, including at least 21,500 children, commission chair Srinivasan Muralidhar told the U.N. General Assembly.
The commission accused Israeli forces 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.
"The intentional killing and injuring of Palestinian civilians and destruction of homes in the West Bank combined with Israel’s persistent denial of responsibility form part of a broader strategy to exterminate and displace Palestinians and impose conditions of life that are unlivable," Muralidhar said.
Israeli military operations since January 2025 have displaced more than 34,000 Palestinians by August 2026, the largest displacement in the West Bank since 1967, the commission said.
Israeli forces have killed 1,080 Palestinians in the West Bank since the ceasefire.
The commission said it documented more cases of sexual violence against detainees, including six recent cases at the Sde Teiman military prison.
Israel’s ambassador in Geneva, Daniel Meron, condemned "efforts by actors such as the U.N. Commission of Inquiry to undermine Israel’s legitimacy and deny its fundamental right to exist and defend itself."
Israel has long denied accusations of genocide in Gaza and sexual assault by its forces.
The commission said Palestinian Authority security forces had increasingly used unnecessary or disproportionate force in the West Bank, with operations killing at least 14 Palestinians over about two years.
"We remain committed to ensuring that law enforcement respects the law and human rights, including freedom of expression and the work of journalists and human rights defenders. Any misconduct will be addressed," said Ibrahim Khraishi, the Palestinian ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva.
Muralidhar called on Israel to end its occupation and urged states to support the International Criminal Court amid U.S. sanctions on the court.
He addressed the General Assembly by video after failing to obtain a U.S. visa.
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