‘It is a professional hit job, having nothing to do with facts or law,’ said Anne Bayefsky, president of Human Rights Voices.
The United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Gaza is facing fierce criticism after releasing a report that conspicuously omits documented evidence of Hamas using hospitals as bases for its war of annihilation against Israel.
Spearheaded by UN Rapporteur Navi Pillay, the report makes no mention of Hamas’ confirmed presence in Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital despite confessions from the facility’s own former director that the terrorist group used the hospital to “hide high-ranking military activists” and conduct brutal interrogations.
When pressed about these critical omissions by Fox News, the commission retreated behind procedural excuses, claiming they couldn’t access Gaza for on-site investigations. The excuse falls flat considering the treasure trove of video evidence, confessions, and documented testimony discovered by the IDF revealing Hamas’ systematic exploitation of medical facilities.
“It is a professional hit job, having nothing to do with facts or law,” said Anne Bayefsky, president of Human Rights Voices. “Israel has publicly exposed, with photographic and video evidence, the use of hospitals by Hamas for military purposes.”
Furthermore, the UN’s selective approach extends to its treatment of Israeli hostages. While acknowledging that hostages were “held” in Gaza hospitals, the commission conveniently omits documented accounts of doctors torturing patients. According to Bayefsky, Gaza physicians deliberately poured chlorine and vinegar on hostage Maya Regev’s wounds to cause suffering while her brother Itay had a bullet extracted without anesthesia as Hamas terrorists threatened his life if he made a sound.
Meanwhile, another recent report by the UN documenting growing hunger in Gaza is also drawing sharp criticism over a 14-page graphic component that reeks of antisemitism. It features artwork showing Israel as a fire-breathing, multi-headed dragon positioned over a Palestinian flag along with text stating “Israel is not defending itself against a terrorist organization, but is attacking the indigenous Palestinians as a people.”
Characterizing these illustrations as “appalling” and drawing parallels to “Nazi and antisemitic propaganda,” Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon slammed the report in correspondence with Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on October 17, stating it was an “attempt to re-write the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and promote incitement against the State of Israel.”
When Fox News inquired about the antisemitic content in the graphic report, the Human Rights Council responded that special rapporteurs are “independent human rights experts” and that “positions taken by them do not necessarily reflect the positions of the Council.”