Israel commits ‘extermination crime’ against Palestinians, says UN

The inform documented cases of fire and demolition of educational facilities by Israeli forces, which concluded that they were “deliberate and unnecessary”. “Israeli soldiers recorded and distributed videos in which they moved in Palestinians and Palestinian education before destroying schools and universities,” he said.

“The commission considers these acts as indicative of the intention of Israeli security forces to destroy these facilities to restrict Palestinians’ access to long -term education,” he warned.

The commission also says it has found “significant evidence that Israeli security forces have seized and used educational facilities such as military bases or preparation areas for military activities, including transforming a part of Al-Monehar’s Al-Azhar’s Al-Monaga campus to function as a synagogue for troops.”

The commission found a case where the Hamas Military Wing also used a school for military purposes. This conduct violates the willingness of the usual international humanitarian law that requires parts in a conflict to distinguish between civil objects and military objectives
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In West Bank, the inquiry reveals that the educational system suffered from increased military operations of Israeli security forces, harassment to students and increasing control posts, demolitions and settlements of settlers that affected more than 806,000 Palestinian students.

“Israel did little to prevent or process the settlers who intentionally attacked educational facilities and students to terrorize communities and force them to leave their homes,” he said.

“Israeli authorities also target Israeli and Palestinian students who express concern or solidarity with the civilian population in Gaza, resulting in harassment, dismissal or suspension and, in some cases, in humiliating arrests and arrests,” he reports.

The Israeli authorities aimed especially at educators and female students, with the intention of dissuading women and girls from activism in public places.

“Gaza children have lost their childhood. No education available, they are forced to worry about survival amid attacks, uncertainties, hunger and subhuman living conditions,” Pillay said. “What is particularly worrying is the widespread nature of the attack on educational facilities, which extended far beyond Gaza, affecting all the Palestinian children,” he insisted.