The United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry said Israel had perpetrated a concerted policy to destroy Gaza’s healthcare system. Israel said it firmly rejected the allegations, in a statement from its mission in Geneva.
Israel also rejected accusations of widespread and systematic abuse of Palestinian detainees, amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
It accused the commission of creating an alternate reality, and thereby contributing to the exacerbation of this conflict.
Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed more than 42,000 people in Gaza, according to figures from the Hamas-run territory’s health ministry that the UN has described as reliable