At the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, a series of heads of state accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.

President Lula da Silva of Brazil said openly that the actions of the Netanyahu government against women and children in Gaza amount to genocide, and warned that future generations of Palestinians will carry the trauma.

The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, argued that the crisis in Gaza is genocide by every measure. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey called Gaza the largest children's cemetery in the world.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the danger of the destruction of Palestinian society is rising again in the occupied West Bank, and reminded all parties that the International Court of Justice has issued binding provisional orders.