UN inquiry finds Israel continued genocide in Gaza after October 2025 ceasefire

A United Nations commission of inquiry report published on October 26, 2026, concluded that Israel continued committing genocide in Gaza following the October 2025 ceasefire. The commission found that Israeli forces expanded territorial control in Gaza from 51% to 60%, killing at least 196 Palestinians along the encroaching 'Yellow Line' boundary. The report also detailed severe West Bank deterioration, citing 254 Palestinian deaths from airstrikes and over 34,000 displaced. Israel rejected the report as a propaganda document and misinformation campaign designed to demonize the Jewish state.

UN report findings on Gaza ceasefire violations

• ▪The UN Commission reported that the 'Yellow Line' ceasefire boundary expanded Israeli military control from roughly 51 to 53 percent of Gaza at the October 2025 ceasefire to at least 60 percent by October 2026
• ▪Israeli forces continued using heavy munitions, drones, quadcopters, artillery, and sniper fire in densely populated Gaza areas during the October 2025 ceasefire period
• ▪A report by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry published found that Israel continued to commit genocidal acts with the intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza following the October 2025 ceasefire

UN report findings on crimes and accountability

• ▪The UN Commission of Inquiry previously reported in September 2025 that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza and that Israeli official Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu incited those acts
• ▪The UN Commission of Inquiry report found that Israeli forces committed crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including extermination, persecution, torture, rape, and sexual violence
• ▪The UN Commission of Inquiry noted that its documented evidence of alleged crimes could be used by prosecutors at the International Criminal Court to seek accountability for perpetrators

Israeli response to the UN report

• ▪Israeli Foreign Ministry and mission in Geneva dismissed the October 2026 report by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry as a propaganda and misinformation campaign designed to demonize Israel and undermine its legitimacy
• ▪Israel's mission in Geneva called for the immediate dissolution of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry following the release of its October 2026 report
• ▪Israeli Ambassador to the UN in Geneva Daniel Meron stated that the October 2026 UN Commission of Inquiry report represents efforts by international actors to deny Israel its fundamental right to exist and defend itself

Findings on the Palestinian Authority

• ▪UN Commission Chair Muralidhar stated that the Palestinian Authority increased its use of unnecessary and disproportionate force following the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attacks on Israel
• ▪The UN Commission of Inquiry found that the Palestinian Authority targeted dissenting Palestinians, resulting in the killing and injury of journalists and human rights defenders without proper investigations

Israeli actions and displacement in the West Bank

• ▪Airstrikes by Israeli forces killed 254 Palestinians in the West Bank between October 7, 2023, and September 30, 2026, compared to six killed by airstrikes between 2008 and October 6, 2023
• ▪Israeli military operations since January 2025 caused the largest displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank since 1967, leaving 34,176 Palestinians displaced as of August 2026
• ▪UN Commission Chair Srinivasan Muralidhar stated that intentional killings and home destructions by Israel in the West Bank form part of a broader strategy to exterminate and displace Palestinians

Israeli military operations in Hebron

• ▪Municipal authorities in Hebron reported that an October 2026 Israeli military operation in the West Bank displaced more than 3,000 people
• ▪Israeli forces arrested 40 people and searched over 400 sites across the West Bank during the military operation in Hebron initiated in October 2026
• ▪Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched a military operation in Hebron after Palestinian gunmen killed two Israeli soldiers on October 23, 2026

Toll of the October 7 attack

• ▪Hamas-led militants took 251 hostages during the October 7, 2023 attacks in Israel
• ▪Gaza health authorities reported that more than 74,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's military assault following the October 7, 2023, attack in which Hamas fighters killed 1,200 people in Israel