UN human rights office: Israel
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UN human rights office: Israel must prevent genocide in Gaza

Israel must take steps to ensure that its military does not "engage in acts of genocide" in Gaza, the UN human rights office urges in a new report.

The UN agency also condemns signs of ethnic cleansing in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.

Israel's actions in Gaza since the start of the war in October 2023 include serious violations of international law, in many cases amounting to war crimes, according to the report. The report also condemns serious abuses and war crimes committed by armed Palestinian groups.

The report covers the period from the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, which has been labeled a terrorist attack, to May 2025.

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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