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Fri 20 Oct 2023 8:07 pm - Jerusalem Time

Amnesty International: Israel violated international law and committed war crimes in Gaza

Amnesty International confirmed that there is conclusive evidence of war crimes committed by the Israeli occupation forces in their aggression against the Gaza Strip, which caused the destruction of entire families.


In a report issued today, Friday, the organization documented the illegal occupation attacks, especially indiscriminate ones, which caused huge losses among Palestinian civilians, calling for an investigation to be opened as war crimes.

Amnesty International indicated that it met with survivors and eyewitnesses, analyzed satellite images and verified photos and videos; To investigate aerial bombardments launched by occupation warplanes between October 7 and 12, which caused horrific destruction and in some cases wiped out entire families.


The organization noted that it investigated five attacks that targeted residential buildings, a refugee camp, a family home, and a public market, and the results confirmed that they involved violations of international humanitarian law, including failure to take possible precautions to avoid civilians, or by launching indiscriminate attacks that failed to distinguish between civilians and military targets. Or by carrying out attacks that may have been directed against civilian targets.


The results showed that the Israeli occupation forces showed a shocking disregard for civilian lives, and bombed residential buildings on a large scale and destroyed basic infrastructure.

Amnesty International called on the international community to take immediate action to prevent Gaza from turning into a giant cemetery, and called on "Israel's allies" to impose a comprehensive arms embargo on it, given that it has committed serious violations under international law.


The organization also stressed the need for the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to accelerate its ongoing investigations into evidence of war crimes and other crimes under international law, by all parties, and stressed that without achieving justice and dismantling the Israeli apartheid regime against the Palestinians, there will be no An end to the horrific civilian suffering the world is witnessing.



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Amnesty International: Israel violated international law and committed war crimes in Gaza