Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in a nearly 14-month operation in the Gaza Strip, killing more than 44,000 people and killing most of the enclave’s population, according to a new Amnesty International report. It turned out that they had evacuated.
of reportannounced on Wednesday, Amnesty International said the ongoing attacks in Gaza meet the legal threshold for genocide, after spending months analyzing the events and statements made by Israeli officials.
Amnesty International’s Secretary-General Agnès Callamard said in a news release on Wednesday: “Our investigation shows that for months, Israel has committed It has become clear that they have continued to commit acts of genocide.”
“Ignoring numerous warnings of the catastrophic humanitarian situation and the legally binding decision of the International Court of Justice ordering Israel to take immediate measures to enable humanitarian assistance to civilians in the Gaza Strip, Israel continued to take such measures.
The 1948 United Nations Genocide Convention established international law criminalizing genocide, defining genocide as “a deliberate attempt to eliminate a national, ethnic, religious, or racial group.”
Applying these laws was a daunting task. Other acts of genocide have continued since the creation of the Convention, but while they may be easy to label, they are not so easy to prove in law.
Israel has repeatedly denied allegations of genocide, but in a statement posted by the Israeli Foreign Ministry on Thursday, it called the report “completely false.” Israel respects international law and said it had the right to defend itself following Hamas’ cross-border attack on October 7, 2023.
While Callamard maintains that Israel’s actions in Gaza are legal and can be justified by its military goal of eradicating Hamas, “genocidal intentions can coexist with military goals, and Israel’s only intentions are It doesn’t have to be,” he said.
Palestinians face ‘slow and calculated death’: report
The London-based human rights organization said it had analyzed the overall pattern of Israeli actions in Gaza from October 7, 2023 to early July.
To establish intent, Amnesty International has cited more than 100 statements by Israeli government and military officials since the war began “dehumanizing Palestinians and calling for or justifying genocide and other crimes against them.” He said he had investigated the matter.
It also analyzed 15 airstrikes between the start of the war and April, which killed at least 334 civilians, including 141 children, and injured hundreds more. It said it found no evidence that the attack was directed at military targets.
In a new report, Amnesty International has accused the state of Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza war, an allegation that Israel vehemently denies, saying it respects international law.
According to the newspaper, on April 20, an airstrike destroyed the Abdelal family’s home in the southern city of Rafah, killing three generations of Palestinians, including 16 children, as they slept.
“Israeli military attacks have killed or seriously injured tens of thousands of Palestinians, including thousands of children, and many have wiped out entire families, often spanning multiple generations, in direct or indiscriminate attacks. ” the report said.
Amnesty International says Israel has forcibly relocated 90% of the Gaza Strip’s approximately 2.2 million people, “many of whom have been forced to relocate on multiple occasions to shrinking and constantly changing parcels of land that lack basic infrastructure.” , people are forced to live in conditions that expose them to danger.” A slow and calculated death. ”
“This is genocide. It has to stop now.”
Israel’s tally comes after Hamas-led fighters crossed the border and attacked Israeli communities 14 months ago, killing 1,200 people and sending more than 250 hostages back to Gaza. Air and ground warfare began in Gaza.
The Gaza Health Ministry said more than 44,400 Palestinians had been killed and many others injured in Israeli military operations since then. The Palestinian Civil Emergency Service estimates that 10,000 bodies may be trapped under the rubble, putting the reported death toll at more than 50,000.
Palestinian and United Nations officials say there are no safe areas left in Gaza, a small, densely populated and built-up coastal region. Most of Gaza’s population has been internally displaced, some up to 10 times.
“Our damning findings must serve as a wake-up call to the international community. This is genocide and it must stop now,” Callamard said in the report.
Genocide ‘definitely’ taking place: amnesty
in public hearing Earlier this year, at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, where Israel faces charges of genocide by South Africa, Israel’s lawyers denied the charges. They maintained that Israel’s war effort had no genocidal intent and that its stated objective was the eradication of Hamas.
Presenting Amnesty’s report to reporters in The Hague, Callamard said the conclusions were not taken lightly “both politically and in terms of priorities”.
“A genocide is being committed. After six months of thorough and intensive investigation, there is no doubt, there is no doubt in our minds,” he told reporters.
Amnesty International says that Israel and the Israeli military commit at least three of the five acts prohibited by the 1948 Genocide Convention: killing, causing serious physical or psychological harm, and causing physical destruction of protected groups. The company announced that it had concluded that the defendant had intentionally created living conditions that were calculated to bring about the same.
Amnesty International said these actions were carried out with the intent required by the treaty and that it had reviewed more than 100 statements by Israeli officials.
The Israeli military has accused Hamas of planting militants in populated areas to support its operations, which Hamas denies, while blaming Israel for indiscriminate attacks.
Amnesty International did not initially aim to prove genocide
Mr Callamard said Amnesty International did not aim to prove genocide, but after considering the evidence and statements in total, that was the only possible conclusion.
“The claim that Israel’s war in Gaza is aimed only at dismantling Hamas and not at physically destroying the Palestinians as a national and ethnic group simply does not stand up to scrutiny. ” she said.
Amnesty International called on the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to: arrest warrant It called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister to take charge of war crimes and crimes against humanity against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and to investigate allegations of genocide.
Amnesty International has previously joined other major human rights organizations in accusing Israel of the international crime of apartheid, and for decades has systematically undermined the fundamental rights of Palestinians in areas under its control. He said that he had denied it. Israel also denies these claims.
Prosecutors said in a statement that they were continuing to investigate the alleged crimes that took place in the Palestinian territories, but could not comment further.
