An independent United Nations commission warns that Palestinians are facing systematic human rights abuses at the hands of both Israeli settlers and Hamas forces.
Srinivasan Muralidhar, chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel, states that settler violence is a direct result of state policies providing military backing and legal impunity.
The report reveals a 130 percent surge in settler attacks across the West Bank over the past year. Investigators documented 832 injuries and seven deaths, alongside severe acts of sexual violence and child abuse designed to force mass displacement.
Meanwhile, in Gaza, the commission identified nearly 250 cases of executions and torture between 2024 and 2025. Hamas-affiliated forces were directly linked to at least 60 incidents, including public executions, which investigators classify as war crimes.
The commission also flagged a spike in attacks against Israeli civilians in 2023, urging immediate accountability for all parties before the upcoming Human Rights Council session in Geneva.