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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
JERUSALEM, July 29 (Xinhua) — Two prominent Israeli human rights organizations, B'Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights in Israel (PHRI), on Monday released separate reports claiming for the first time that Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip.
B'Tselem's report says Israel's military offensive on Gaza, which has lasted more than 21 months, has been accompanied by mass killings, both directly and by creating uninhabitable conditions.
This is compounded by mass arrests and abuse of Palestinians in Israeli prisons, which have effectively become torture camps, the report says, adding that Israel is also responsible for the destruction of Gaza's social fabric, including the destruction of Palestinian educational and cultural institutions.
The report said it concluded that Israel was committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
A second report by PHRI says there is a “deliberate and gradual dismantling of Gaza’s health system and with it the population’s ability to survive.” It says this amounts to genocide.
The document also says that since October 2023, Israel has attacked 33 of 36 hospitals and clinics in the Gaza Strip, depriving them of fuel and water.
Dozens of people are reported to be dying every day from malnutrition. At least 85 children have died from starvation, and 92 percent of infants aged six months to two years are not receiving adequate nutrition.
The report says Israel has displaced nine out of every 10 Gazans, destroyed or damaged 92 percent of homes and left more than half a million children without schools or stability.
Both organizations called on the international community to stop Israel's offensive to prevent further loss of life in Gaza.
Israeli government spokesman David Menser on Monday rejected accusations of genocide as baseless, saying Israel had sent 1.9 million tons of humanitarian aid, mostly food, to Gaza.
According to him, the human rights activists' reports are an attempt to deprive Israel of the right to self-defense against the Hamas movement. –0–
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