Israel committed war crimes and crimes against humanity “destruction” thanks to its repeated attacks on schools, universities, mosques and other educational, religious and cultural buildings in the context of the conflict in Gaza, a report of the United Nations on Tuesday.
The report of the independent and international commission on investigation in the occupied Palestinian territories chaired by the former International Criminal Court, Navi Piley documents attacks by 90% of schools and universities in gas and the destruction of half their religious and cultural places.
“There are more and more signs that Israel holds a coordinated campaign to stop life in gas,” said the president of the commission, who warned that Israeli attacks on culture, education and religion of Palestinians cause damage to the present generations and attacks. ”
The UN Commission concludes that Israel committed a crime against humanity extermination, killing hundreds of people who took refuge in religious schools and in places, including the mosque of their al-Sunna and Saad al-Gafari in the capital of Gazati.
On the other hand, Israel committed war crimes, attacking religious buildings and historical monuments, as well as forcing civilian sacrifices with their advance against educational and cultural institutions, which also left 658,000 children of gas without school for 20 months.
In the period from October 7, 2023 to the end of February 2025, the period covered by a report, 403 out of 564 schools in Gaza were registered, of which 85 were completely destroyed.
Many of the schools were held by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Yunsva), who, during the attacks of Israeli institutions on educational institutions and others that served as a refuge in Gaza, died until February, at least 742 people, indicates a report in which at least 800 workers in schools and universities were also condemned.
The study also analyzes deliberate fires and demolition of schools, university campuses and other educational infrastructure of Israeli forces, as well as their military use in violation of international law, both Hamas and the Israeli army.
The transformation of the campus of Al-Azhara University as a synagogue for Israeli troops, as well as for the warehouse of ammunition and military vehicles leads.
Attacks on the western shore
Israeli attacks on education in Palestine are not limited to gas, according to a report that is condemned that an increase in safety control and attacks on objects, some of which are made by settlers, influenced more than 806,000 Palestinian students on the western coast.
In this territory, the report condemns an attack on 141 schools, the murder of 96 students and four educational workers, as well as the arrest of half of the thousands of students and teachers.
“Israel was unlikely to do something to prevent the intelligent attacking educational institutions and students in order to terrorize them and force them to leave,” the report condemns.
It also mentions pressure on teachers, Israeli and Palestinian students to demonstrate support or care about the provision of the civilian population in gas, including dismissal, exile or even arrests, “especially against teachers and women -studants.”
As for religious and cultural places, in the report on the 19th page condemns attacks in gas, restrictions on access on the west coast and the plunder of Israeli soldiers on museums and archaeological research in the strip.
The UN organization for education, science and culture (UNESCO) has damaged 75 cultural and religious places in Gaza, including places of important historical value, such as the Roman cemetery, the Gran Omari Mosque or the Pasha Palace.
On the other hand, military operations, arrests and persecution of faithful and religious figures increased in the Esplanade of the mosques of Jerusalem, one of the most sacred places for the Islamic religion, which meant a serious restriction of the freedom of worship and sometimes kills tenzing.
“The attacks and destruction of the historical places of heritage, limited access to them on the western coast and attempts to erase their heterogeneous history are destroyed by the historical connections of the Palestinians with the Earth and weaken their collective identity,” says Pillei, who was also the head of the human rights and president of the Ringa International Crime Court.
The commission sent by the UN Human Rights in May 2021 will present this report at its 59th session, which will begin next week.