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

An ongoing armed conflict between Israel and Hamas that escalated on October 7, 2023, when Hamas launched a large-scale assault on southern Israel, killing over 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages. Israel's subsequent military campaign in Gaza has triggered a severe humanitarian crisis with mass casualties and widespread displacement.