AS the united Nations officially confirmed that the Israeli war on Gaza is a ‘GENOCIDE’ yesterday, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) massively escalated their attack on Gaza City, subjecting its residents to heavy, relentless bombardment. Eyewitness testimony confirmed the IOF deployed booby-trapped vehicles to destroy what was left of residential houses in the main urban centres. Israel intentionally created life-threatening conditions by withholding essential supplies, acts ‘calculated’ to achieve the ‘destruction of Palestinians’, the report said. The report cites statements by Israeli leaders, and the pattern of conduct by Israeli forces, as evidence of genocidal intent. The Commission says ‘genocidal intent was the only reasonable inference’ that could be concluded from the pattern of conduct of Israeli authorities and security forces in Gaza.