The committee added that Israeli officials have publicly supported policies to destroy “vital water, sanitation and food systems” in Gaza as well as prevent access to fuel. Israel has previously rejected accusations of genocide in the Palestinian enclave.

Many international experts have warned that Israel’s assault amounts to a genocideSouth Africa brought its genocide case against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in December. In January, the court found it “plausible” that Israel is conducting genocide in Gaza.

Report also refers to Israel ‘using starvation as a weapon of war’ and running ‘apartheid system’ in West Bank

The report details how Israel's policies and practices inflict collective punishment on the Palestinian people in an attempt to wipe them off the map.

Israel's warfare in Gaza is consistent with the characteristics of genocide, a special UN committee said Thursday, as a Human Rights Watch report said Israel's displacement of Gazans amounts to

The UN has released a report on the first nine months of Israel’s war on Gaza where it accuses Israel of genocide.

UN report said Israel was ‘using starvation as a method of war and inflicting collective punishment on the Palestinian population’.