An independent commission appointed by the UN said on October 26 that Israel continued acts of genocide in Gaza after the October 2025 ceasefire and committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in the occupied West Bank.
Israel rejected the findings. The report examined killings and physical and mental harm by state actors from October 7, 2023, through September 2026. The commission said Israeli authorities and forces continued acts intended to destroy Palestinians, either entirely or partly.
It also reported attacks involving airstrikes, artillery, drones and gunfire in populated areas during the ceasefire. The commission said Israel’s expanding control around the “Yellow Line” put civilians at risk when they approached or crossed it. In the West Bank, the report described military operations and continuing settler violence as a widespread and organized attack on civilians.
It also cited alleged mass killing, persecution, torture, rape and other sexual violence. The report recorded 254 Palestinians killed in West Bank airstrikes from October 7, 2023, to September 30, 2026. That compared with six between 2008 and October 6, 2023.
Israel’s mission in Geneva rejected the findings, calling them part of a campaign of false information intended to portray the country as evil. The conclusions are those of the commission of inquiry. They are not a court judgment.