Amnesty International declared on Thursday that it had discovered proof that Israel’s conflict in Gaza has resulted in the genocide of Palestinians.
The human rights group’s complaint is the most recent of a rising number of organizations, including many United Nations agencies, that claim Israel committed genocide during the conflict, which has been going on for 14 months. It is also a further setback to Israel’s argument that its actions have been justified.
Such accusations against the government from both inside and outside of Israel are bolstered by the Amnesty International report. These include the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity, as well as a former defense minister who claimed that his nation was committing war crimes and ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
The Israel Defense Forces spokesperson described the report’s allegations as “entirely baseless.”
Israel has committed crimes against the Genocide Convention, an international treaty that criminalizes genocide, according to Amnesty International. These crimes include killing, causing serious bodily or mental harm, and purposefully subjecting Palestinians in Gaza to living conditions intended to cause their physical destruction.
The group went on to say that Israel’s actions were specifically intended to exterminate Palestinians, who are protected by the Genocide Convention.
According to the report, there have been direct or indiscriminate attacks on civilians, including a market strike at the Jabalia refugee camp on October 9, 2023, that killed at least 70 civilians; the dehumanization of Palestinians, including when then-Defense Minister Yoav Gallant called them “human animals” on the same day; the controlled demolition of a dozen mosques; and the protracted discussion about whether Israel has been allowing enough humanitarian aid into Gaza.
According to the research, the degree to which Palestinians in Gaza have access to enough food, water, medicine, health care, and other necessities is the real indicator of how much Israel is doing to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Most of them were unable to.
As part of the report’s investigation, Amnesty conducted fieldwork, spoke with 212 people, and examined Israeli officials’ remarks as well as “an extensive range of visual and digital evidence, including satellite imagery.”
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