Amnesty International said that new evidence it collected of deadly unlawful attacks in the Gaza Strip shows that the Israeli occupation forces continue to flout international humanitarian law and annihilate entire families with complete impunity.

Amnesty International explained in a press statement today, Monday, that it investigated four Israeli raids on Rafah Governorate, three of which were launched in December 2023, after the end of the humanitarian truce, and one in January 2024, which resulted in the death of at least 95. Civilians, including 42 children.

The organization added that Rafah Governorate, located in the far south of Gaza, is supposed to be the “safest” area in the Strip, but the occupation forces are currently preparing to carry out a ground operation there, and such an operation is likely to have serious consequences for more than a million people confined to an area. It is 63 square kilometers following successive waves of mass displacement.

Amnesty International confirmed that it did not find in the four raids any indication that the targeted residential buildings could be considered legitimate military targets or that people in the targeted buildings were military targets, which raises concerns that these raids were direct attacks on civilians or civilian objects, they should therefore be investigated as war crimes.

Amnesty continued: Even if the Israeli forces intended to target military targets in the vicinity of these buildings, these attacks failed to distinguish between military targets and civilian objects, and are therefore considered indiscriminate attacks, noting that indiscriminate attacks that kill and injure civilians are considered war crimes.

Amnesty International stated that the evidence it collected also indicates that the Israeli army failed to provide effective warning, or any form of warning, at least to people living in the sites that were bombed, before launching the attacks.

Entire families have been wiped out in Israeli attacks even after taking refuge in areas promoted as safe and without warning from the Israeli authorities, said Amnesty International's Director of Research, Advocacy and Policy, Erika Guevara-Rosas.

Amnesty added that these attacks demonstrate an ongoing pattern of flagrant violations of international law by the Israeli forces, which contradicts claims by the Israeli authorities that their forces are taking strict precautions to minimize harm to civilians.

Amnesty pointed out that among the victims in these illegal attacks was a baby girl who had not yet reached three weeks of age, a prominent 69-year-old retired doctor, a journalist who received displaced families in his home, and a mother who was lying in the same bed with her 23-year-old daughter.

Amnesty International visited the sites of the four attacks, took photos and videos of the devastation and interviewed a total of 18 people, including 14 survivors and four relatives who participated in the rescue operations. Amnesty International's Crisis Evidence Laboratory also analyzed satellite images, photos and videos to determine and verify the geographical location of the attacks and the resulting destruction. In addition, the organization reviewed the “War Diary” published by the official page of the Israeli army and found no reference to any of the strikes. quarter to.

Amnesty International said: “Following the important interim ruling of the International Court of Justice that the risk of genocide is real and imminent, the horrific details of these cases reinforce the urgent need for all states to press for an immediate and sustainable ceasefire, which is the most effective way to implement the interim measures ordered by the Court.” “It also stresses the importance of imposing a comprehensive embargo on the supply of weapons to all parties to the conflict.”