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UN experts have accused Israel of increasingly using sexual and
gender-based violence against Palestinians and carrying out "genocidal
acts" through the systematic destruction of maternal and reproductive healthcare facilities.
A report commissioned by the UN Human Rights Council documents alleged violations, including rape, in Gaza and the occupied West Bank since
Hamas's 7 October 2023 attack on Israel triggered the Gaza war.
It also says the destruction of maternity wards in Gaza and embryos at
a fertility clinic could indicate a strategy to prevent births among a particular group - one of the legal definitions of genocide.
Israel said it "categorically rejects the unfounded allegations".
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded angrily, calling
the Human Rights Council "an antisemitic, rotten, terrorist-supporting
and irrelevant body".
Instead of focusing on war crimes committed by Hamas, he said, it was
attacking Israel with "false accusations".
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyr154314vo
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