The United Nations Special Committee pointed to “mass civilian casualties and life-threatening conditions intentionally imposed on Palestinians,” in a fresh report covering the period from Hamas’s deadly October 7 attack in Israel last year through to July.“Through its siege over Gaza, obstruction of humanitarian aid, alongside targeted attacks and killing of civilians and aid workers, despite repeated UN appeals, binding orders from the International Court of Justice and resolutions of the Security Council, Israel is intentionally causing death, starvation and serious injury,” it said in a statement.Israel’s warfare practices in Gaza “are consistent with the characteristics of genocide,” said the committee, which has for decades been investigating Israeli practices affecting rights in the occupied Palestinian territories.For the latest updates on the Israel-Palestine conflict, visit our dedicated page.Israel, it charged, was “using starvation as a method of war and inflicting