Palestine Chronicle Archived Message Posted by Keith-264 on October 21, 2023, 8:29 am https://www.palestinechronicle.com/damning-evidence-of-war-crimes-amnestys-report-on-gaza-is-a-shocking-read/ ‘Damning Evidence of War Crimes’: Amnesty’s Report on Gaza is a Shocking Read October 20, 2023 Blog, News Israeli airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip continue. (Photo: via Resistance News Network) facebook sharing button Share twitter sharing button Tweet pinterest sharing button Pin email sharing button Email sharethis sharing button Share By Palestine Chronicle Staff The international human rights organization, Amnesty International has issued a detailed report, in which it stated that Israel has shown “shocking disregard for (Palestinian) civilian lives” in Gaza. The report relayed on verified photos, satellite imagery and in-depth eyewitness accounts. The Palestine Chronicle is provided excerpts from the Amnesty report. The full report, however, can be found at this LINK. Damning evidence of war crimes as Israeli attacks wipe out entire families in Gaza As Israeli forces continue to intensify their cataclysmic assault on the occupied Gaza Strip, Amnesty International has documented unlawful Israeli attacks, including indiscriminate attacks, which caused mass civilian casualties and must be investigated as war crimes. The organization spoke to survivors and eyewitnesses, analyzed satellite imagery, and verified photos and videos to investigate air bombardments carried out by Israeli forces between 7 and 12 October, which caused horrific destruction, and in some cases wiped out entire families. Here the organization presents an in-depth analysis of its findings in five of these unlawful attacks. In each of these cases, Israeli attacks violated international humanitarian law, including by failing to take feasible precautions to spare civilians, or by carrying out indiscriminate attacks that failed to distinguish between civilians and military objectives, or by carrying out attacks that may have been directed against civilian objects. “In their stated intent to use all means to destroy Hamas, Israeli forces have shown a shocking disregard for civilian lives. They have pulverized street after street of residential buildings killing civilians on a mass scale and destroying essential infrastructure, while new restrictions mean Gaza is fast running out of water, medicine, fuel and electricity. Testimonies from eyewitness and survivors highlighted, again and again, how Israeli attacks decimated Palestinian families, causing such destruction that surviving relatives have little but rubble to remember their loved ones by,” said Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s Secretary General. “The five cases presented barely scratch the surface of the horror that Amnesty has documented and illustrate the devastating impact that Israel’s aerial bombardments are having on people in Gaza. For 16 years, Israel’s illegal blockade has made Gaza the world’s biggest open-air prison – the international community must act now to prevent it becoming a giant graveyard. We are calling on Israeli forces to immediately end unlawful attacks in Gaza and ensure that they take all feasible precautions to minimize harm to civilians and damage to civilian objects. Israel’s allies must immediately impose a comprehensive arms embargo given that serious violations under international law are being committed.” Since 7 October Israeli forces have launched thousands of air bombardments in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 3,793 people, mostly civilians, including more than 1,500 children, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza. Approximately 12,500 have been injured and more than 1,000 bodies are still trapped beneath the rubble. In Israel, more than 1,400 people, most of them civilians, have been killed and some 3,300 others were injured, according to the Israeli Ministry of Health after armed groups from the Gaza Strip launched an unprecedented attack against Israel on 7 October. They fired indiscriminate rockets and sent fighters into southern Israel who committed war crimes including deliberately killing civilians and hostage-taking. The Israeli military says that fighters also took more than 200 civilian hostages and military captives back to the Gaza Strip. Ctd.... Message Thread: Palestine Chronicle - Keith-264 October 21, 2023, 8:29 am Re: Palestine Chronicle - Dovetail Joint October 21, 2023, 12:19 pm   Searching