Overview
- An advance UN report by Francesca Albanese, titled “Gaza Genocide: a collective crime,” accuses Israel of genocide and urges states to immediately suspend and review military, diplomatic and economic ties.
- Albanese says US sanctions announced in July froze her assets and bar her travel to New York, so she will deliver her findings to the UN from South Africa.
- The report alleges a system of global complicity, citing US security assistance of $3.3 billion annually with expanded munitions shipments after October 2023, along with additional arms, trade and research links by European and other states.
- She criticizes the US-brokered truce as inadequate and not compliant with international law, arguing it fails to address ending the occupation or establish accountability.
- Her findings say humanitarian aid has been restricted and “weaponized” under an intensified blockade, with access down to roughly 100 trucks a day by early 2025 and deadly incidents at distribution sites, while Israel denies the genocide charge as distorted and false.