Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of committing genocide and crimes against humanity by denying Palestinians in Gaza access to clean water, leading to thousands of deaths.
Human Rights Watch has said that Israel has killed thousands of Palestinians in Gaza by denying them clean water which it says legally amounts to acts of genocide and extermination. 'This policy, inflicted as part of a mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza , means Israel i authorities have committed the crime against humanity of extermination, which is ongoing. This policy also amounts to an 'act of genocide' under the Genocide Convention of 1948,' Human Rights Watch said in its report.
Although the report described the deprivation of water as an act of genocide, it noted that proving the crime of genocide against Israeli officials would also require establishing their intent. It cited statements by some senior Israeli officials which it said suggested they 'wish to destroy Palestinians' which means the deprivation of water 'may amount to the crime of genocide'. 'What we have found is that the Israeli government is intentionally killing Palestinians in Gaza by denying them the water that they need to survive,' Lama Fakih, Human Rights Watch Middle East director told a press conference.Human Rights Watch is the second major rights group in a month to use the word genocide to describe the actions of Israel in Gaza, after Amnesty International. Both reports came just weeks after the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence chief Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity
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