A report from Amnesty International published today concluded Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza.

The London-based human rights watchdog’s 296-page report details how Israel has sought to deliberately destroy Palestinians in its war with Hamas, by mounting deadly attacks, demolishing vital infrastructure, and preventing aid deliveries.

The findings are based on satellite images documenting devastation, fieldwork, and ground reports from Gazans as well as “dehumanising and genocidal statements by Israeli government and military officials”.

 Rory O’Neill, writing for Politico »

The report, which analyzed interviews with 212 people, alongside satellite imagery, visual evidence and statements by Israeli officials, found Israel’s actions in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attacks are prohibited under the Genocide Convention and conducted with the specific intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza.

The report warned that countries supplying arms to Israel, including the United States and Germany, are failing in their obligation to prevent genocide. In the first year of its war in Gaza, Israel has killed more than 42,000 Palestinians, including over 13,300 children, and injured over 97,000 more, according to Gaza’s health ministry. Amnesty says the real figures could be even higher.

“Month after month, Israel has treated Palestinians in Gaza as a subhuman group unworthy of human rights and dignity, demonstrating its intent to physically destroy them,” said Agnès Callamard, secretary-general of Amnesty International.

Israel has rejected the claim as “baseless.”

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