Remark by Ajith Sunghay, Head of UN Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, to the press in Geneva to launch new report

Country: occupied Palestinian territory Source: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Please refer to the attached file. Good afternoon and thank you for being here today. Today I’m presenting this report which covers 19 months of large-scale violations of international law including atrocity crimes, from October 2023 to the end of May 2025. One year later, despite the ceasefire concluded in October 2025, the lasting consequences of the patterns we documented are apparent. The ceasefire diminished the immense scale of violence up that point, and opened some modest humanitarian space. But killings and the destruction of infrastructure have continued on an almost daily basis, and the overall humanitarian situation remains dire. All while Hamas continues its own violations, including against the people of Gaza. In the West Bank, the rate of forcible displacement of Palestinians is unseen in decades and Israeli settlement expansion is unprecedented. Israeli military and police forces and settlers are killing more and more Palestinians with impunity, often together. The chronicle of violence and injustice continues, and will impact Palestinians for generations to come. The report points to war crimes and possible crimes against humanity by Israeli and Palestinian duty bearers. On and after 7 October 2023, Palestinian armed groups committed war crimes and possible crimes against humanity when they horrifically attacked civilians in Israel, killed at least 1,124, took and kept hostages, and fired thousands of unguided missiles into Israel for over a year. Released hostages have provided credible accounts of torture and ill-treatment, including sexual violence. Thankfully, no more hostages remain in Gaza today. On and after 7 October 2023, Israel unleashed devastating violence and dispossession in Gaza a...

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