News Center- The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory released Wednesday a report documenting a broad range of violations perpetrated against Palestinian women, men, girls and boys across the occupied Palestinian territory since October 7, 2023.

“Israel has increasingly employed sexual, reproductive and other forms of gender-based violence against Palestinians as part of a broader effort to undermine their right to self-determination and carried out genocidal acts through the systematic destruction of sexual and reproductive healthcare facilities,” said the report.

The Commission found that Israeli forces have systematically destroyed sexual and reproductive healthcare facilities across Gaza.

“Women and girls have died from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth due to the conditions imposed by the Israeli authorities which have denied access to reproductive health care - acts which amount to the crime against humanity of extermination.”

“The evidence collected by the Commission reveals a deplorable increase in sexual and gender-based violence,” said Navi Pillay, Chair of the Commission. “There is no escape from the conclusion that Israel has employed sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinians to terrorise them and perpetuate a system of oppression that undermines their right to self-determination.”