Israel is committing genocide in opposition to Palestinians in Gaza, Amnesty Worldwide has stated in a damning new report that concludes the extent and velocity of destruction in Gaza “has not been seen in some other battle within the twenty first century”.

The 295-page doc accuses Israel of getting “unleashed hell and destruction” on Palestinians “overtly, repeatedly and with complete impunity” throughout its 15-month bombardment of the besieged strip. The offensive was triggered by the 7 October 2023 assault by Hamas on southern Israel.

The “unprecedented scale and magnitude” of Israel’s assault, which has additionally pushed elements of strip into hunger, has grown significantly acute within the north of the strip within the final two months, the worldwide rights group added.

There, Amnesty says the besieged inhabitants is going through “hunger, displacement and annihilation amid relentless bombardment and suffocating restrictions on life-saving humanitarian assist.”

The Israeli navy has dismissed the report as “completely baseless,” accusing it of failing to account for the “operational realities confronted on the bottom”.

“Because the unprecedented assaults by Hamas on 7 October 2023, the IDF [Israeli military] is actively working to dismantle Hamas’ navy infrastructure whereas adhering to its obligations beneath worldwide regulation,” it stated in an announcement shared with The Unbiased.

“The IDF takes all possible measures to mitigate hurt to civilians throughout operations. These embody offering advance warnings to civilians in fight zones every time possible and facilitating secure motion to designated areas.”

Agnes Callamard, Amnesty Worldwide’s secretary-general, stated the group discovered that Israel has carried out acts prohibited beneath the Genocide Conference “with the precise intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza.” It marks the primary time Amnesty has alleged the crime of genocide throughout an ongoing battle. The report relies on interviews with 212 individuals together with Palestinians, native authorities in Gaza, and healthcare employees.

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Amnesty additionally analysed greater than 100 statements made by senior Israeli authorities and navy officers, and official Israeli our bodies – discovering that they “dehumanised Palestinians and known as for or justified genocidal acts or different crimes in opposition to them,” proving intent.

She urged key arms suppliers to Israel, together with the USA and Germany, in addition to different EU member states and the UK, to “act now” to carry the atrocities to an instantaneous finish.

“Month after month, Israel has handled Palestinians in Gaza as a subhuman group unworthy of human rights and dignity, demonstrating its intent to bodily destroy them,” she stated.

“Our damning findings should function a wake-up name to the worldwide group: that is genocide. It should cease now.”

“States that proceed to switch arms to Israel right now should know they’re violating their obligation to stop genocide and are vulnerable to turning into complicit in genocide.”

Hamas’s 7 October assault killed round 1,200 individuals, with one other 250 additionally taken hostage, fewer than half of whom are believed to nonetheless be in Gaza.

Palestinian well being officers say since then Israel’s offensive has killed greater than 44,000 Palestinians, together with 13,300 youngsters, since October 2023.

Amnesty stated Israel has additionally forcibly displaced 90 per cent of Gaza’s 2.2 million inhabitants, lots of them a number of occasions, into “ever-shrinking, ever-changing pockets of land… forcing individuals to dwell in circumstances that uncovered them to a sluggish and calculated dying.” It additionally accused Israel of intentionally obstructing or denying the import and supply of life-saving items and humanitarian assist.

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Amnesty stated it had shared its findings with the Israeli authorities on a number of events however had obtained no substantive response.

This comes after the Worldwide Prison Court docket issued arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged battle crimes and crimes in opposition to humanity over how the battle in Gaza has been performed.

Israel has adamantly rejected genocide allegations in opposition to it as an antisemitic “blood libel.” It’s difficult such allegations on the Worldwide Court docket of Justice and has rejected the ICC’s warrants.

“The deplorable and fanatical organisation Amnesty Worldwide has as soon as once more produced a fabricated report that’s completely false and based mostly on lies,” Israel’s Overseas Ministry stated in an announcement.

The Israeli navy stated the report’s allegations of genocide and intentional hurt “aren’t solely unfounded but additionally ignore Hamas’ violations of worldwide regulation,” together with its use of civilians as human shields and its deliberate concentrating on of Israeli civilians.