The report also condemned "serious violations" including some amounting to war crimes, by Palestinian armed groups during the initial Oct 7, 2023 attack and after. GENEVA: The United Nations demanded on Monday (May 18) that Israel take measures to prevent acts of "genocide" in Gaza, and decried indications of "ethnic cleansing" in the Palestinian territory and in the occupied West Bank. In a fresh report, the UN rights office said Israel's actions in Gaza since the start of the war in October