Coverage dated September 15, 2025 to September 16, 2025

UN-commissioned human rights experts accuse Israel of committing genocide in Gaza

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A team of independent experts commissioned by the United Nations' Human Rights Council has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

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  1. Al Jazeera

    UN inquiry says Israel’s war on Gaza is genocide, holds gov’t responsible (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Using statements of Israeli officials and evidence on the ground, a UN report finds Israel is committing genocide.

  2. MyNorthwest

    Human rights experts join rising chorus that accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza (opens MyNorthwest)

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    GENEVA (AP) — A team of independent experts commissioned by the United Nations' Human Rights Council has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza,

  3. NBC News

    Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, U.N. inquiry finds (opens NBC News)

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    Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, a United Nations commission said Tuesday, calling on the international community to end the campaign and punish the top officials it found responsible for inciting it

  4. NBC Chicago

    UN-commissioned human rights experts accuse Israel of committing genocide in Gaza (opens NBC Chicago)

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    A team of independent experts commissioned by the United Nations' Human Rights Council has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

  5. WMUR

    UN commission accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza, urges action (opens WMUR)

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    A team of experts commissioned by the U.N.'s Human Rights Council has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

  6. Forbes

    United Nations Commission Of Inquiry: Israel Is Committing Genocide In Gaza. (opens Forbes)

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    On September 16, 2025, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel (CoI)...

  7. Deutsche Welle

    Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, UN commission says – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    A UN commission of inquiry concluded that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Israel slammed the report as "false and fabricated" and accused the commission members of being Hamas proxies.

  8. The Guardian

    Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN commission of inquiry (opens The Guardian)

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    Report cites scale of killings and aid blockages and accuses Benjamin Netanyahu of inciting commission of genocide

  9. The Guardian

    Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN commission of inquiry | First Thing (opens The Guardian)

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    The commission also accused Benjamin Netanyahu of inciting genocide. Plus, Donald Trump files $15bn lawsuit against the New York Times

  10. Los Angeles Times

    U.N. commission of inquiry accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    A team of experts commissioned by the U.N.'s Human Rights Council has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

  11. Delaware Public Media

    A U.N. inquiry accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza, joining a rising chorus (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    The report issued Tuesday by experts commissioned by the United Nations' Human Rights Council calls on the international community to end the genocide and take steps to punish those responsible.

  12. CNN

    UN commission says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza (opens CNN)

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    An independent United Nations inquiry has concluded for the first time that Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and that the country’s top leaders have incited genocide, in what it described as the “most authoritative UN finding to date.”

  13. The Guardian

    ‘Direct evidence of genocidal intent’: the UN commission of inquiry’s report on Israel’s actions in Gaza (opens The Guardian)

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    Legal analysis has accused Israel of committing genocide in four out of five categories as defined by 1948 convention

  14. Seattle Times

    UN commission of inquiry accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza and urge global action (opens Seattle Times)

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    A team of experts commissioned by the U.N.

  15. Al-Monitor

    UN investigators say Israel committing genocide in Gaza (opens Al-Monitor)

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    United Nations investigators on Tuesday accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza in a bid to "destroy the Palestinians", accusing Israel's prime minister and other top officials of incitement.The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry (COI), which does not speak on behalf of the wor…

  16. Newsweek

    Israel committing genocide in Gaza: UN Commission of Inquiry report (opens Newsweek)

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    Israel launched its current war in Gaza after the Hamas-led October 7 attacks took place in late 2023.

  17. PBS NewsHour

    UN commission of inquiry accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza and urges global action (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    The Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel has issued a report that calls on countries to end the genocide and take steps to punish those responsible for it.

  18. New York Post

    Israel rips UN inquiry as fake after commission finds top Israeli officials incited genocide in Gaza (opens New York Post)

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    A United Nations Commission of Inquiry concluded on Tuesday that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza and that top Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, had incited these acts.

  19. Digital Journal

    UN investigators say Israel committing 'genocide' in Gaza (opens Digital Journal)

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    United Nations investigators on Tuesday accused Israel of committing "genocide" in Gaza in a bid to "destroy the Palestinians", blaming Israel's prime

  20. CBS News

    U.N. commission concludes Israel is committing genocide in Gaza (opens CBS News)

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    Experts commissioned by the U.N. Human Rights Council say Israeli forces are "continuing to commit" genocide in Gaza. Israel calls the report Hamas lies.

  21. NPR

    A UN inquiry accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza, joining a rising chorus (opens NPR)

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    The report issued Tuesday by experts commissioned by the United Nations' Human Rights Council calls on the international community to end the genocide and take steps to punish those responsible.

  22. The Conversation US

    Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, says UN commission. But will it make any difference? (opens The Conversation US)

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    If the UN security council won’t act and states including the US and UK continue to support Israel, this report is unlikely to change anything.

  23. The Week

    Gaza genocide: will UN ruling change anything? (opens The Week)

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    Commission of Inquiry’s findings ‘give unprecedented weight’ to genocide claims.

  24. The Guardian

    Now the UN says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, too. How can western governments still refuse to act? | Steve Crawshaw (opens The Guardian)

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    The UN commission of inquiry’s report makes it almost impossible for Israel – and its allies – to maintain the narrative that criticism of it is part of an antisemitic plot, says author Steve Crawshaw

  25. The Week

    UN panel finds Israeli genocide in Gaza (opens The Week)

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    The report found that Israeli leaders had committed ‘four of the five “genocidal acts”’ prohibited under the U.N. Genocide Convention

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