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A UN report accuses Israel of "massacre crime" for its attacks on schools and mosques

The report, which will be presented to the UN Human Rights Council next week, accuses the State of Israel of leading a campaign to eradicate civilian life and Palestinian identity in the Strip.
New York (United States), 05/06/2025.- A handout photo made available by the United Nations shows a view of Council members voting in favour of the resolution during the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question at United Nations Headquarters in New York, New York, USA, 04 June 2025. The resolution demanded an immediate unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza respected by all parties, it further demanded the immediate unconditional release of all hostages, as well as the lifting of all restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza. The resolution received 14 votes in favour and one vote against (United States). The resolution was not adopted due to the veto by the US a permanent member. (Estados Unidos, Nueva York) EFE/EPA/Mark Garten / UN Photo HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

Israel has committed war crimes and " massacres "against humanity in Gaza, according to a report by the UN Independent Commission denouncing systematic attacks on schools, universities, mosques and cultural sites. 

The organization's president, former international judge Navi Pillay, has stated that these actions are a campaign to "end life in Gaza"and affect present and future generations.

 

Khan Yunis (-), 07/06/2025.- GRAPHIC CONTENT - Injured Palestinian children receive treatment at Nasser Hospital after Israeli aistrikes hit near the tents of displaced persons west of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, late 06 June 2025 (issued 07 June 2025). More than 54,600 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, since Israel launched a military campaign in the strip in response to a cross-border attack led by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on 07 October 2023, in which about 1,200 Israelis were killed and more than 250 taken hostage. EFE/EPA/HAITHAM IMAD -- ATTENTION EDITORS: GRAPHIC CONTENT

According to the report, between October 2023 and February 2025, 90 per cent of schools and universities in Gaza were attacked  and half of their religious and cultural sites were destroyed, at least 742 people were killed in educational facilities used as shelters, and more than 800 workers in the education sector were killed.

GAZA CITY (---), 06/06/2025.- Internally displaced Palestinians walk in the streets during Eid al-Adha in Gaza City, 06 June 2025. Eid al-Adha is the holiest of the two major Muslim holidays celebrated annually. It marks the yearly Muslim pilgrimage (Hajj) to visit Mecca, the most sacred place in Islam. Muslims slaughter a sacrificial animal and split the meat into three parts: one for the family, one for friends and relatives, and one for the poor and needy. (La meca) EFE/EPA/MOHAMMED SABER

It also mentions the deliberate destruction of educational infrastructures and the military use of them by Hamas and the Israeli army, including the conversion of part of the Al-Azhar University campus into synagogues and military warehouses.

In the West Bank, the report denounces the attacks on 141 schools, the killings of 96 students and the arrest of hundreds of students and teachers, and warns of attacks and looting of cultural and historical sites, as well as restrictions on access to religious sites such as the Jerusalem Mosque Esplanade.

The Commission will present this 19-page report to the UN Human Rights Council next week.

18:00 - 20:00

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