Amnesty International sees enough evidence of genocide reproach against Israel in Gaza

Amnesty International sees enough evidence of genocide reproach against Israel in Gaza

CNN - Amnesty International said on Wednesday that there is sufficient evidence to believe that the behavior of Israel during the war in Gaza can be seen as a genocide of the Palestinians - an accusation that the Israeli government is vehemently rejecting.

report on allegations of genocide against Israel

The 296-page report documents evidence collected over a period of nine months and describes numerous examples in which Amnesty accuses Israel of Armed Forces and government agencies that they have committed three actions for banned under the UN People's Convention. These include the mass killing of Palestinian civilians, the involvement of serious physical or psychological damage as well as the targeted causation of living conditions for Palestinians in Gaza, which "aim to bring about their physical destruction in whole or in part".

The intention to physical destruction

"Month after month after month after month, the Palestinians in Gaza treated as subhumans who have not deserved any human rights and dignity, which demonstrates to physically destroy them," said the General Secretary of Amnesty International, Agnès Callamard, in a statement. Amnesty International accuses Israel of extensive and often arbitrary air and soil attacks, which resulted in far-reaching destruction of civil infrastructure and the forced mass displacement of Palestinians within the besieged area. The blockade of humanitarian aid is also listed as one of the main accusations.

indication of the genocide since October 7, 2023

"There is only a reasonable conclusion that can be drawn from the evidence presented: The murderous intentions have been part of Israel's behavior in Gaza since October 7, 2023, including his military campaign," says Amnesty.

Israel began the war in Gaza after an attack by Hamas-fed militants in the south of Israel on October 7 of the previous year, with 1,200 people being killed and another 251 being held as hostages. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, more than 44,000 people were killed in Gaza in just over a year and 104,000 injured due to the ongoing military attacks.

international reactions and allegations

The legal representatives of the Israeli government rejected the genocide of South Africa, known as “grotesque”, rejected South Africa. They argue that the convention was only created to "treat a malicious crime in the most extraordinary circumstances" and not to address the brutal effects of intensive hostility to civilians during a war. South Africa's allegation is called "concerted and cynical exertion" to pervert the importance of the term "genocide" itself.

human rights violations and military attacks

Amnesty International reports of an alarming number of injuries and emphasizes that the targeted mass displacement of the Palestinians in Gaza should be regarded as a crime against humanity and war crimes. The Israeli forces are of the opinion that they act in accordance with international law.

consequences of the conflict to the civilian population

The report also examines the increasingly worse humanitarian situation in Gaza, including a profound hunger crisis caused by the blockade of humanitarian aid. According to the UN, only a critical number of relief goods was left in the area in November, which leads to catastrophic conditions.

Callamard called for the serious results of the report to be a wake -up call to the international community, especially for states that continue to provide weapons to Israel. "All states with influence on Israel must now act in order to immediately end the atrocities of Israel against the Palestinians in Gaza," she said. "This is genocide. It has to stop now."