Amnesty Intl Accuses “Israel” of Live-Streamed Genocide in Gaza

By Staff, Agencies

Amnesty International on Tuesday accused “Israel” of committing a “live-streamed genocide” against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, citing the forced displacement of the majority of the population and the deliberate creation of a humanitarian catastrophe.

In its annual report, Amnesty charged that “Israel” acted with “specific intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza, thus committing genocide”.

The “Israeli” entity has rejected accusations of genocide from Amnesty, other rights organizations, and various states regarding its war on Gaza.

Amnesty's Secretary General Agnes Callamard said in the introduction to the report that states watched on as if powerless, as 'Israel' claimed lives of thousands upon thousands of Palestinians, wiping out entire multigenerational families, destroying homes, livelihoods, hospitals and schools.

Gaza's Civil Defense agency had earlier warned that severe fuel shortages had forced the suspension of eight out of 12 emergency vehicles, including ambulances, in southern Gaza. The fuel crisis “threatens the lives of hundreds of thousands of citizens and displaced persons in shelter centers,” the agency said in a statement.

Amnesty International's report detailed how the “Israeli” occupation's war has left most Palestinians in Gaza “displaced, homeless, hungry, at risk of life-threatening diseases and unable to access medical care, power or clean water.”

In parallel, the organization highlighted the deteriorating situation in the occupied Palestinian territory of the West Bank, accusing “Israel” of implementing an increasingly violent system of apartheid.

Despite widespread protests in Western capitals, Amnesty criticized the global community for its failure to act. “The world's governments individually and multilaterally failed repeatedly to take meaningful action to end the atrocities and were slow even in calling for a ceasefire,” the report noted.

Heba Morayef, Amnesty's Director for the Middle East and North Africa region, condemned “the extreme levels of suffering that Palestinians in Gaza have been forced to endure on a daily basis over the past year, along with the world's complete inability or lack of political will to put a stop to it.”

Amnesty International's Gaza report starkly documents the devastating humanitarian toll of the "Israeli" occupation's actions and calls for urgent accountability and international intervention.