Two leading Israeli human rights groups accuse their country of committing genocide in Gaza

Sadly they will be ignored but God Bless them – Peter

• Two Israeli human rights organisations, B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel, have labelled the country’s actions in Gaza as “genocide”.
• B’Tselem compiled testimony as well as details of mass killings, destruction of infrastructure, forced displacement, mass arrests and alleged abuse of Palestinians in Israeli jails.
• Israel has been conducting a military campaign in Gaza for the past 21 months, after Hamas militants entered Israel on October 7, 2023, killing more than 1,200 people and taking 251 people hostage.
For the first time, two of Israel’s leading human rights organisations have labelled the country’s actions in Gaza as a “genocide”, demanding the international community step up pressure on the Netanyahu government to change course.
B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) released dual reports in Jerusalem on Monday afternoon, detailing grave allegations against Israeli authorities during the 22-month-long war in Gaza.
While both organisations have been critical of the Israeli government and military in the past, their intervention adds further fuel to the international argument over whether, or when, Israel crossed the line from self-defence to total destruction in the occupied Palestinian territory.