According to the US Axios news network, the Congressional Mountain newspaper, U.S. Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders published a column on his website on the 17th local time, accusing Israel of committing genocide crimes in the Gaza Strip, and urging the United States to "use all influence to demand an immediate ceasefire".

The Hill said that Sanders is one of the most outspoken critics of the Israeli government in the US Congress. He said in the above article, "But in the past two years, Israel has not just fought against the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) for self-defense. Instead, it has launched a full-scale war against the entire Palestinian people. Many legal experts have now It has been concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza."

¡°Their intentions are obvious.The conclusion is inevitable: Israel is carrying out genocide in Gaza,¡± said Sanders, adding, ¡°I know that many people may not agree with this conclusion. But the truth is that whether it¡¯s called genocide, genocide, mass crimes or war crimes, the direction is clear. As Americans, we must stop being complicit in the massacre of the Palestinian people.¡±

"Capitol Hill" mentioned that Sanders once again called on the U.S. government to stop sending offensive weapons to Israel, demanded an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, and increased humanitarian aid to the region on a large scale.

Previously, the UN Independent International Investigation Committee on the Occupied Territories of Palestine (including East Jerusalem) and Israel issued a report on September 16 that Israel committed genocide crimes against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. UN Secretary-General Guterres said at a press conference on the same day that Israel ¡°massively destroyed residential areas¡± in the Gaza Strip, ¡°massively killed civilians¡±, and that Gaza people suffered from hunger and continued displacement, and its behavior was ¡°morally, politically and legally intolerable¡±.

According to data released by the Gaza Strip health department on September 17, since the outbreak of a new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict in October 2023, Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip have killed 65,062 Palestinians and injured 165,697 others. At the same time, more than 90% of the population in the Gaza Strip has been displaced.