--- title: Israel Has Committed Genocide in Gaza, Says U.N. Commission of Inquiry | TIME description: The United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry has determined that Israel "is responsible for the commission of genocide in Gaza." A report published Tuesday stated that Israel met four of the five genocidal acts in Gaza laid out by the 1948 U.N. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. These acts include “killing Palestinians, causing serious bodily or mental harm, deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about the destruction of the Palestinians, and imposing measures intended to prevent births,” according to the Commission. canonical: https://time.com/video/JAxaUkD8/ og:title: Israel Has Committed Genocide in Gaza, Says U.N. Commission of Inquiry og:description: The United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry has determined that Israel "is responsible for the commission of genocide in Gaza." A report published Tuesday stated that Israel met four of the five genocidal acts in Gaza laid out by the 1948 U.N. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. These acts include “killing Palestinians, causing serious bodily or mental harm, deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about the destruction of the Palestinians, and imposing measures intended to prevent births,” according to the Commission. og:url: https://time.com/video/JAxaUkD8/ og:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/JAxaUkD8/poster.jpg?width=720 og:type: video.other twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Israel Has Committed Genocide in Gaza, Says U.N. Commission of Inquiry twitter:description: The United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry has determined that Israel "is responsible for the commission of genocide in Gaza." A report published Tuesday stated that Israel met four of the five genocidal acts in Gaza laid out by the 1948 U.N. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Israel Has Committed Genocide in Gaza, Says U.N. Commission of Inquiry [Watch (HLS stream): Israel Has Committed Genocide in Gaza, Says U.N. Commission of Inquiry](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/JAxaUkD8.m3u8) (3:58)  _Published 2025-09-16. The United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry has determined that Israel "is responsible for the commission of genocide in Gaza." A report published Tuesday stated that Israel met four of the five genocidal acts in Gaza laid out by the 1948 U.N. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. These acts include “killing Palestinians, causing serious bodily or mental harm, deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about the destruction of the Palestinians, and imposing measures intended to prevent births,” according to the Commission._ --- Sep 16, 2025 7:20 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Israel Bans U.N. Agency That Is a Main Provider of Aid to Gaza](/video/j7eN0woE/) ### Israel Bans U.N. Agency That Is a Main Provider of Aid to Gaza [Palestinian Ambassador Reacts to "Historic" U.N. Court Decision Ordering Israel to Prevent Genocide](/video/EL89mTXS/) ### Palestinian Ambassador Reacts to "Historic" U.N. Court Decision Ordering Israel to Prevent Genocide [U.N. Court Says Israel Must Prevent Genocidal Acts in Gaza, But Doesn’t Order a Ceasefire](/video/QMls2CVu/) ### U.N. Court Says Israel Must Prevent Genocidal Acts in Gaza, But Doesn’t Order a Ceasefire --- ## Transcript Today, we published our report analyzing Israel's conduct in the Gaza Strip pursuant to the convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. The Commission concluded that Israel has committed genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza, and that it is continuing with that genocide. It it is now almost two years since Israel launched its military campaign in the Gaza Strip. In October 2023. This has been the most ruthless, prolonged and widespread attack against the Palestinian people since 1948. Every day that passes the killings and the starvation of the Palestinians continue. The goal of the Israeli government is abundantly clear as we continue to witness the destruction of Palestinians in Gaza, the commission finds it is genocide. In our report, the commission found that the Israeli authorities and Israeli security forces committed and are continuing to commit the following underlying acts of genocide against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip one killing members of the group, two causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group, three deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part, and four imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group. On the specific intent of genocide, the Commission concludes that statements made by Israeli authorities are direct evidence of genocidal intent. The Commission also concludes that the pattern of conduct is circumstantial evidence for genocidal intent, and that genocidal intent was the only reasonable inference that could be drawn from a totality of the evidence. Therefore, the Commission concludes that the Israeli authorities and Israeli security forces have the genocidal intent to destroy, in whole or in part, the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The Commission finds that the Israeli political and military leaders are agents of the State of Israel. Therefore, their acts are attributable to the State of Israel. The Commission therefore, concludes that the State of Israel bears responsibility for the failure to prevent genocide. For the commission of genocide, and for the failure to punish genocide against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on incitement to genocide. The commission concludes that many Israeli political and military leaders, including President Isaac Herzog, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, had incited the commission of genocide and that Israeli authorities have failed to take action against them to punish this incitement. We recommend all member States, especially those with influence over Israel, to effect an immediate halt to the killing and harming of civilians in Gaza, to guarantee humanitarian access to Gaza and to prevent further destruction of life, and suspend arms transfers or financial assistance that could contribute to further genocidal acts. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Israel Has Committed Genocide in Gaza, Says U.N. Commission of Inquiry","description":"The United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry has determined that Israel \"is responsible for the commission of genocide in Gaza.\"\n\nA report published Tuesday stated that Israel met four of the five genocidal acts in Gaza laid out by the 1948 U.N. 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