{"id":136,"date":"2026-11-08T13:17:34","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T13:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biasbreak.com\/c\/?post_type=bb_check&#038;p=136"},"modified":"2026-11-08T14:19:37","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T14:19:37","slug":"is-israel-doing-genocide-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"bb_check","link":"https:\/\/biasbreak.com\/c\/fact-check\/is-israel-doing-genocide-in-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Is israel doing genocide in gaza?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On July 19, 2024 the International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion stating that Israel\u2019s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is unlawful.<sup>1<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s officials have publicly rejected accusations of genocide. At the ICJ hearing, representatives from Israel\u2019s Ministry of Justice refuted claims that Israel had bombed hospitals, and Prime Minister Netanyahu denied the genocide characterization during a UN address.<sup>4<\/sup><sup>5<\/sup><sup>2<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>No court or tribunal has issued a final ruling that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza; the ICJ advisory opinion addresses the legality of the occupation rather than a determination of genocide, and investigations have not produced a definitive legal finding on that specific charge.<sup>1<\/sup><sup>3<\/sup><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","bb_check_category":[4],"class_list":["post-136","bb_check","type-bb_check","status-publish","hentry","bb_check_category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Is israel doing genocide in gaza?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/biasbreak.com\/c\/fact-check\/is-israel-doing-genocide-in-gaza\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Is israel doing genocide in gaza?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On July 19, 2024 the International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion stating that Israel\u2019s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is unlawful.1 Israel\u2019s officials have publicly rejected accusations of genocide. 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