The human rights group said Israel sought to deliberately destroy Palestinians by launching deadly attacks, demolishing vital infrastructure and preventing the delivery of food, medicine and other aid.
Amnesty International has accused Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians during its war against Hamas in Gaza. It said such actions met the legal threshold for the crime of genocide. It is the first time it has made such a determination during an active armed conflict. In a report, Amnesty said Israel's actions could not be justified by Hamas' attack into Israel on 7 October last year which ignited the war, or on the presence of militants in civilian areas.
Read more:Israel preventing medical aid from reaching Gaza, says UK ministerTrump vows 'hell to pay' if hostages not released before his inauguration Israel 'has intended to commit genocide' Amnesty accused Israel and the Israeli military of committing at least three of the five acts banned by the 1948 Geneva Convention, including killings, causing serious bodily or mental harm, and deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about the destruction of a...
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