UN’s Albanese accuses Israel of ‘genocide’ after strike on Gaza school

An independent UN-appointed expert accused Israel of committing “genocide” in its war against Hamas after an Israeli strike targeting a school from where the military said at least 20 terrorists were operating.

“Israel is genociding the Palestinians one neighborhood at the time, one hospital at the time, one school at the time, one refugee camp at the time, one safe zone at the time,” Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the rights situation in Palestinian territories, says on social media platform X.

The Times of Israel exposed Albanese’s history of antisemitism in an investigation last year.

Albanese, who is tasked with investigating Israeli activities in the Palestinian territories, has not faced any repercussions from the UN or issued a clear apology for her past statements. She has continued to lob accusations of war crimes against Israel in recent months.

The Gaza Strip’s Hamas-run civil defense agency said over 100 people were killed in Saturday’s airstrike, describing the incident as a “horrific massacre.” The IDF expressed heavy skepticism toward the claim, saying the numbers appeared to have been inflated.

Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry says the strike shows Israel’s intention to “extend the war,” while Saudi Arabia urges the end to the “mass slaughter in Gaza.”

Qatar labels the strike a “horrible massacre.”

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson says the strike is proof of “genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity simultaneously” and calls for broad action by Muslim countries against Israel, and support for Palestinian “resistance.”