{"id":2021,"date":"2026-02-12T01:47:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T01:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=2021"},"modified":"2026-02-12T01:47:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T01:47:00","slug":"june-12-2024-israel-hamas-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=2021","title":{"rendered":"June 12, 2024 Israel-Hamas war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.cnn.com\/cnnnext\/dam\/assets\/240608142441-05-israeli-attack-central-gaza-060824-hp-video.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" data-reorderable-component=\"content\">\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-0c307efb81b4f61637ce9b7e798f24fd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The United Nations first in-depth investigation into the October 7 attacks and ensuing conflict in Gaza has found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/06\/12\/middleeast\/un-report-israel-hamas-gaza-war-crimes-intl-hnk\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">both Israel and Hamas committed war crimes<\/a> and grave violations of international law. The reports, released Wednesday, cover events up to the end of 2023.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-796c087752c30ce4c61795003fe7ff57@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>What war crimes did the inquiry find? <\/strong>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-8df1d36b4027a38cf6627e235703dda3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The commission found that Hamas committed war crimes on October 7, the day it and other Palestinian armed groups launched a murder and kidnapping spree in southern Israel which\u00a0killed more than\u00a01,200 people and saw some 250 people taken hostage. Those crimes included intentionally directing attacks against civilians, murder or wilful killing, torture, inhuman or cruel treatment, outrages upon personal dignity, and taking hostages, including children.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-5d512050fba0736594d326e48aedd051@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The commission found that Israel also committed war crimes, as well as crimes against humanity in the first 2.5 months of the conflict. A crime against humanity is defined as a widespread, systemic attack directed at a civilian population. Israel\u2019s alleged war crimes include starvation, arbitrary detention, and killing and maiming \u201ctens of thousands of children.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-5e2cfe8b0d702065fe713bc50c431430@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Both Israel and Hamas committed sexual violence and torture, and intentionally attacked civilians, according to the reports, which span more than 200 pages.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-706bb5b422e20fcc919f0dbd0c30b70b@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>How did the inquiry reach this conclusion? <\/strong>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-37077678d078059dec1abffa415ce7ad@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The commission said its findings were based on interviews with victims and witnesses, thousands of open-source items verified through forensic analysis, hundreds of submissions, satellite imagery, forensic medical reports and media coverage, including several key CNN investigations.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-b6aa2bcc57bcdbafe6958d522999a014@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>How have both parties responded?<\/strong>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-2869b7f6c4496ce9634403fa398702c2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN has reached out to Hamas for comment.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-3891ac6e0f1104f70c516b935b229010@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Israel has accused the fact-finding mission of \u201cattempting to justify\u201d Hamas\u2019 actions, of showing \u201csystematic anti-Israeli discrimination,\u201d and contextualizing the attacks \u201cthrough the lens of the Palestinian narrative.\u201d The Israeli mission to the UN said the report failed to mention continuous rocket fire on the country and claimed that it \u201coutrageously and repugnantly attempts to draw a false equivalence between IDF (Israel Defense Forces) soldiers and Hamas terrorists with regards to acts of sexual violence,\u201d adding that the Israeli military conducts itself in accordance to international law, including international humanitarian law.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/middleeast\/live-news\/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-06-12-24-intl\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Nations first in-depth investigation into the October 7 attacks and ensuing conflict in Gaza has found both Israel and Hamas committed war crimes 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