Israeli government seeks permanent Gaza control and Jewish majority in West Bank: UN inquiry
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Displaced Palestinians, fleeing northern Gaza owing to an Israeli military operation, moving southwards in the Gaza Strip on Sept 23.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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- UN report states Israel intends to establish permanent control over Gaza and ensure a Jewish majority in the West Bank.
- Israel has expanded control to 75% of Gaza, altering geography through military corridors and buffer zones.
- Israel dismisses the report, stating its war targets Hamas, while accusing the UN commission of a "politically-driven agenda".
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GENEVA – The Israeli government has shown a clear intent to establish permanent control over Gaza and to ensure a Jewish majority in the occupied West Bank, a United Nations commission said in a report on Sept 23.
The UN report details Israeli authorities’ extensive, systematic demolition of civilian infrastructure in Gaza’s corridors and buffer zone – resulting in Israel expanding control to 75 per cent of the Gaza strip by July 2025.
“Israeli forces have also intentionally altered the geography of Gaza” through the creation of military corridors, expanding the border buffer zone and establishing security zones, the report by the UN Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory said.
Israel maintains that its war is not against the population of Gaza but against the Hamas militant group that controls the enclave and led an attack on Israeli territory in 2023 that precipitated the war.
The Israeli mission in Geneva dismissed the report’s findings.
“Hamas has genocidal intent towards Israel, the report has everything backwards. This commission does not miss an opportunity to reveal its true character and politically driven agenda.” REUTERS
