JERUSALEM: Israel on Tuesday said it “categorically rejects” a probe by UN investigators which determined that Israel has since October 2023 been committing “genocide” in Gaza.
“Israel categorically rejects this distorted and false report and calls for the immediate abolition of this Commission of Inquiry,” a statement from the foreign ministry said.
The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry (COI), which does not speak on behalf of the world body, found that “genocide is occurring in Gaza and is continuing to occur,” commission chief Navi Pillay said.
The investigators concluded that Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, along with President Isaac Herzog and former defense minister Yoav Gallant, have “incited the commission of genocide” in the Palestinian territory.
The Israeli foreign ministry accused the authors of the report of “serving as Hamas proxies,” saying they were “notorious for their openly antisemitic positions.”
