The Trump administration announced that it is issuing sanctions against an independent investigator tasked with probing human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories, the latest effort by the United States to punish critics of Israel's 21-month war in Gaza.

Francesca Albanese, the United Nations' special rapporteur, has accused Israel of waging a "genocidal campaign" in Gaza.

The United States has imposed sanctions on Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, targeting her over efforts to expose Israeli war crimes in Gaza, where more than 58,