A United Nations commission reported Tuesday that the Israeli government has demonstrated a clear intent to establish permanent control over Gaza and secure a Jewish majority in the occupied West Bank.
The U.N. report details Israeli authorities' extensive, systematic demolition of civilian infrastructure in Gaza's corridors and buffer zone – resulting in Israel expanding control to 75% of the Gaza Strip by July this year.
"Israeli forces have also intentionally altered the geography of Gaza" through the creation of military corridors, expanding the border buffer zone and establishing security zones, the report by the U.N.'s Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory said.
Israel maintains that its war is not against the population of Gaza but against the resistance group Hamas, whose Oct. 7, 2023, incursion precipitated the war.
Israel in denial
