UN-commissioned experts say Gaza ceasefire has not stopped Israel from committing genocide

JERUSALEM (AP) — A ceasefire agreement in Gaza has not stopped what a group of independent experts commissioned by the U.N. say is genocide carried out by Israel in the territory, the team said in a new report Monday. They also accused Israeli forces of crimes against humanity, including torture and rape, in the West Bank.Israel, which denies both the genocide and the sexual assault claims, did not immediately respond to the report’s publication.The Associated Press could not independently corroborate multiple graphic accounts described in the report of sexual assaults by prison guards and soldiers on Palestinian detainees since October 2023. In one, female guards strip-searched a pregnant Palestinian, touching inside her anus and vagina. In another, guards beat and hurled sexist slurs while denying a detainee access to the toilet and sanitary pads. She bled onto her clothes and interrogation chair.The findings by the Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which s