CAIRO (News Desk) — Amnesty International has accused Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza during its war with Hamas as it deliberately destroy Palestinians by mounting deadly attacks and preventing the delivery of food, medicine and other aid.
The human rights organization released a report Thursday in the Middle East said such actions could not be justified by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack into Israel, which ignited the war, or the presence of militants in civilian areas. Amnesty said the United States and other allies of Israel could be complicit in genocide, and called on them to halt arms shipments.
Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International said in the report: “Our damning findings must serve as a wake-up call to the international community: this is genocide. It must stop now”.
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“The deplorable and fanatical organization Amnesty International has once again produced a fabricated report that is entirely false and based on lies,” Israel’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Israel accused Hamas, which has vowed to annihilate Israel, of carrying out a genocidal massacre in the attack that triggered the war, and said it is defending itself in accordance with international law.
The Biden administration said in May that Israel’s use of US-provided weapons in Gaza at times likely violated international humanitarian law but that the evidence was incomplete.
Callamard urged the United States, Germany and other countries supplying arms to Israel to pressure Netanyahu to end the war.
