Official announcements from the International Criminal Court

Amnesty Accuses Israel of Genocide in Gaza; Israel Denies Allegations

Dec 5, 2024, 02:44 AM

Amnesty International has released a comprehensive 300-page report accusing Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war last year. The investigation concludes that Israeli authorities have engaged in actions prohibited under the Geneva Convention, including killings, causing serious bodily or mental harm, and deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about the physical destruction of a group. Amnesty stated, 'Our damning findings must serve as a wake-up call to the international community: this is genocide.' The organization calls on governments to take urgent action against Israel to end the alleged genocide. Israeli leaders have repeatedly denied the allegations, rejecting the report's findings as baseless, a gross distortion, and describing them as 'lies.'