US issues sanctions against UN official investigating abuses in Gaza

<p>Trump administration targets Francesca Albanese, a special rapporteur, in latest action against critics of Israel’s war</p><p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/trump-administration">Trump administration</a> announced on Wednesday it was issuing sanctions against an independent official tasked with investigating human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories, the latest effort by the United States to punish critics of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/israel">Israel’s</a> 21-month war in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/gaza">Gaza</a>.</p><p>The state department’s decision to sanction Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur for the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/west-bank">West Bank</a> and Gaza, comes after a recent US pressure campaign to force the international body to remove her from her post failed.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/09/israel-gaza-war-un-sanctions">Continue reading...</a>