Israeli government seeks permanent Gaza control and Jewish majority in West Bank, UN inquiry says

AL-Monitor
Sep 23, 2025
Displaced Palestinians, fleeing northern Gaza due to an Israeli military operation, move southward along a destroyed area after Israeli forces ordered residents of Gaza City to evacuate to the south, in the central Gaza Strip, September 23, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Displaced Palestinians, fleeing northern Gaza due to an Israeli military operation, move southward along a destroyed area after Israeli forces ordered residents of Gaza City to evacuate to the south, in the central Gaza Strip, September 23, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa — Mahmoud Issa

GENEVA (Reuters) -The Israeli government has shown a clear intent to establish permanent control over Gaza and to ensure a Jewish majority in the occupied West Bank, a United Nations Commission of Inquiry said on Tuesday.

The U.N. report details Israeli authorities' extensive, systematic demolition of civilian infrastructure in Gaza's corridors and buffer zone - resulting in Israel expanding control to 75% of the Gaza strip by July this year.

(Reporting by Olivia Le Poidevin; editing by Matthias Williams)