Israel Allegedly Streams Live Acts of Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza, as Asserted by Amnesty
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In its latest report, Amnesty International accused Israel of intentionally targeting Palestinians in Gaza, suggesting potential genocide.
Israel bristled at these "genocide" charges from Amnesty, rights groups, and some nations, amid their military conflict in Gaza.
The dispute sparked after the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched lethal attacks within Israel on October 7, 2023, resulting in the deaths of 1,218 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures. Hamas also abducted 251 individuals, with 58 still missing in Gaza, including 34 the Israeli military declared dead.
In response, Israel intensely bombarded the Gaza Strip and launched a ground operation, as reported by the health ministry in the Hamas-controlled territory, leading to at least 52,243 casualties.
Agnes Callamard, Amnesty's secretary general, stated, "Since October 7, 2023, when Hamas committed heinous acts against Israeli citizens and others and kidnapped over 250 hostages, the world has been witness to a genocide unfolding live."
"Country after country stood by while Israel slaughtered thousands of Palestinians, obliterating entire families, destroying homes, livelihoods, hospitals, and schools," Callamard added.
Intense Suffering
Gaza's civil defence agency reported four civilian casualties and injuries from an Israeli air strike on displaced persons' tents near the Al-Iqleem area in Southern Gaza on Tuesday. Earlier, the agency warned of fuel shortages that had forced the suspension of eight emergency vehicles in Southern Gaza, including ambulances, threatening hundreds of thousands of lives in shelter centers.
Amnesty's report claimed the Israeli campaign had left most Palestinians in Gaza displaced, homeless, hungry, at risk of life-threatening diseases, and unable to access medical care, power, or clean water. Throughout 2024, Amnesty documented multiple war crimes by Israel, including direct attacks on civilians and civilian objects, and indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks.
According to Amnesty, Israel's actions forcibly displaced 1.9 million Palestinians, approximately 90% of Gaza's population, and "deliberately engineered an unprecedented humanitarian disaster." Despite widespread protests in Western capitals, global governments failed to take decisive action to halt the atrocities and were sluggish even in advocating for a ceasefire.
Meanwhile, Amnesty expressed concern over Israeli actions in the occupied Palestinian territory of the West Bank, repeating accusations of a system of "apartheid." The report indicates a rise in unlawful killings and state-backed attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinian civilians.
Heba Morayef, Amnesty's director for the Middle East and North Africa region, condemned "the extreme levels of suffering Palestinians in Gaza have been forced to bear daily over the past year" and "the world's complete inability or lack of political will to put a stop to it."
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Enrichment Data:The Israeli-Palestinian conflict stems from late 19th-century nationalist movements, culminating in the UN's 1947 Partition Plan (Resolution 181) to create separate Jewish and Arab states. Israel declared independence in 1948, triggering the first Arab-Israeli war, which drove approximately 700,000 Palestinians (known as the Nakba) from their homes. Subsequent conflicts include the 1967 Six-Day War, which saw Israel occupy the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem, and the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
After the Second Intifada (2000–2005) and Hamas's 2007 takeover of Gaza, renewed cycles of violence ensued, including the 2014 Gaza War and the 2023–present Israel-Hamas War. The current conflict originates from Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and capturing 253 hostages. Israel's military response in Gaza has reportedly resulted in over 40,000 Palestinian casualties as of April 2025, according to Gaza health authorities.
- Amnesty International's latest report warns of a disproportionate response from Israel towards Palestinians in Gaza, implied as potential genocide, causing uproar among rights groups, nations, and general news sources.
- In 2024, Amnesty documented war crimes by Israel including direct attacks on civilians and civilian objects, and indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks, leading to most Palestinians in Gaza being displaced, homeless, hungry, and unable to access medical care, power, or clean water.
- Daily, Palestinians in Gaza have been bearing extreme levels of suffering, with increasing concerns over fuel shortages and Israeli air strikes, as seen in the Al-Iqleem area October 2023, where civilian casualties and injuries occurred.
- The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, stemming from late 19th-century nationalist movements, escalated in 2023 with Hamas committing lethal attacks within Israel, resulting in a military conflict between Israel and Palestine in the Gaza Strip.
- The world's failure to intervene decisively against Israel's atrocities in Gaza, as expressed by Amnesty, has led to a complete inability or lack of political will to halt the violence, leaving Palestinians continuously at risk.
- In the occupied Palestinian territory of the West Bank, Amnesty observed a rise in unlawful killings and state-backed attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinian civilians, repeating accusations of a system of "apartheid" in the Middle East and North Africa region.
