What did the UN-backed inquiry accuse Israel, Hamas of?
A UN-backed inquiry has concluded that war crimes have been committed by Israel, Hamas as well as other Palestinian groups, during the now eight-month conflict.
The independent Commission of Inquiry report, released on Wednesday, covers the period from the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on October 7 and Israel’s subsequent war on Gaza, with the period of investigation ending December 31, 2023.
The report is unflinchingly graphic, including details of sexual violence, torture and mutilations carried out on unarmed citizens.
Israeli forces have committed crimes against humanity of extermination, murder, gender persecution, forcible transfer, and torture and inhuman and cruel treatment, a UN-backed inquiry has reported
Photos, videos show vandalised mosque in Rafah
Photos and videos shared on social media show Israeli soldiers violating the sanctity of mosques in Gaza, triggering condemnation.
An Israeli soldier named Yael Sendler, reportedly an American citizen, posted photos on her Instagram before deleting them, showing graffiti scrawled on a wall inside a mosque in Rafah, with insulting phrases offensive to Islam and Prophet Muhammad.
CAIR, the US’s largest Muslim civil rights organisation, called on the Biden administration to investigate the incident and take action against the American soldier.
These disgusting & despicable images exemplify why the Pentagon should not allow any U.S. servicemembers to serve in the Israeli military, much less participate in its Gaza genocide. We call on the Biden admin to investigate this incident, take appropriate action against this… https://t.co/PPMPW4zigi
— CAIR National (@CAIRNational) June 12, 2024
For those in the West claiming things have only been getting better (less wars) in the past decades... The breakdown of international law has been going for decades, accelerating since 2001.
War on Gaza adds to almost 120 million people forcibly displaced globally
The UN’s refugee agency UNHCR said forced displacement globally has smashed records again this year, with Israel’s war on Gaza and conflicts in Sudan and Myanmar forcing more people to flee their homes.
“Conflict remains a very, very big driver of mass displacement,” UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi told reporters.
At the end of last year, 117.3 million people were displaced globally, UNHCR said in its annual report, with the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) calculating that between October and December 2023, up to 1.7 million Palestinians – more than 75 percent of the population in Gaza – were displaced by Israel’s war on the territory, with people forced to flee multiple times.
