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UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry
UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry
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Hamas-led armed groups attack southern Israel, killing civilians and taking hostages
📅 7 October 2023Palestinian armed groups led by Hamas launched coordinated attacks from Gaza into southern Israel, alongside rocket fire. A UN Commission of Inquiry later found war crimes including intentionally...
UN Commission of Inquiry reports violations by Israeli authorities and Palestinian armed groups
📅 12 June 2024The UN Commission of Inquiry published findings on the conduct of the 7 October attacks and Israel’s military operations in Gaza. It found Israeli authorities responsible for war crimes and crimes...
UN Commission finds attacks on Gaza schools may constitute war crimes
📅 10 October 2024A UN Commission of Inquiry said Israeli attacks on schools and other educational facilities in Gaza may constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity. The investigation documented repeated attacks...
UN Commission of Inquiry finds Israel committed genocide in Gaza
📅 16 September 2025The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry concluded that Israeli authorities and forces committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, identifying four acts under the Genocide...
UN inquiry report sets out state responsibility for genocide
📅 23 September 2025The UN Commission of Inquiry published a legal analysis attributing the acts it identified as genocide to the State of Israel and examining statements and conduct by senior officials. The report...
UN Commission describes genocide as enabled by third-state complicity
📅 20 October 2025A further report by the UN Commission of Inquiry argued that the genocide was sustained in part through the complicity of influential third states that enabled it. The report called for states to...
UN Commission publishes further report on genocide and children
📅 9 June 2026The Independent International Commission of Inquiry issued a report detailing severe, systematic harm to Palestinian children and restating that its earlier genocide finding applied to Israel’s...
UN Commission says genocide continued through deliberate targeting of children
📅 23 June 2026The Commission of Inquiry reported that Israeli authorities and forces deliberately targeted Palestinian children in Gaza, causing deaths, injuries, trauma, and other harms, including after the...
UN commission reports continuing genocidal acts in Gaza and crimes against humanity in the West Bank
📅 26 October 2026On 26 October the UN Commission of Inquiry said Israeli authorities continued to commit genocidal acts in Gaza despite the ceasefire. The report, as summarized by The National, says Israeli control...