Amnesty Int’l joins other orgs in calling out Israel’s genocide – Day 424
Israel occupation forces shoot another Palestinian journalist
The Israel occupation forces have shot another Palestinian journalist in northern Gaza. Mohammad Awad was filming Palestinian civilians being displaced from Beit Lahia on Wednesday when he was shot and sustained injuries to his hand and neck. He was taken to Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City for treatment.
Journalists in Gaza face particularly high risks as they try to cover the genocide, including incidents such as devastating Israeli air strikes, starving civilians desperate for food and water, the displacement of the population and the destruction of civilian infrastructure.
According to the US-based Committee to Protect Journalists, the Israelis have killed more journalists over the past year in Gaza than in any other conflict over the past three decades. Almost two hundred have been killed by the occupation forces since October last year.
Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, the organization said in a landmark new report published today.
The report, ‘You Feel Like You Are Subhuman’: Israel’s Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza, documents how, during its military offensive launched in the wake of the deadly Hamas-led attacks in southern Israel on 7 October 2023, Israel has unleashed hell and destruction on Palestinians in Gaza brazenly, continuously and with total impunity.
“Amnesty International’s report demonstrates that Israel has carried out acts prohibited under the Genocide Convention, with the specific intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza. These acts include killings, causing serious bodily or mental harm and deliberately inflicting on Palestinians in Gaza conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction.
“Month after month, Israel has treated Palestinians in Gaza as a subhuman group unworthy of human rights and dignity, demonstrating its intent to physically destroy them,” said Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International.”
Callamard called on the international community, particularly the US and Germany, to “act now to bring Israel’s atrocities against Palestinians in Gaza to an immediate end” (read the full report here).
The Israeli branch of Amnesty rejected the international organization’s new report that accuses Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip.
Palestinian dies in Israeli prison under torture: Rights groups
The death of Mohammed Walid Hussein Ali in an Israeli detention center was due to torture, according to a joint statement by the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society.
The statement said the Palestinian Civil Affairs Authority, which serves as the official liaison with Israel, informed them of the death of Ali from the Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarem in the northern West Bank.
Ali, 45, had previously spent nearly 20 years in Israeli prisons and was released three years ago. He was arrested again a week ago and transferred to the Jalamah interrogation center in northern Israel, the statement added.
This morning, Wednesday, terrorist #settler militias carried out brutal attacks on the towns of Beit Furik and Huwwara near Nablus. In Beit Furik, they set fire to an under-construction house, a grocery store, and a vehicle.
Elderly Palestinian man killed in an attack by Israeli forces near Nablus
An elderly Palestinian man was killed on Wednesday afternoon after the Israeli occupation forces attacked him in the town of Aqraba, south of Nablus.
The mayor of Aqraba, Salah Jaber, reported that the occupation forces severely beat the elderly man, Sheikh Atef Malik Diriya, while he was on his land adjacent to a colonial street in the town’s lands, leading to his death.
Diriya was later rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead of his wounds by the Ministry of Health.
Israeli forces storm Nablus hospital disguised as medical staff
Israeli security forces on Wednesday raided Al-Araby hospital in the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, kidnapping a man who was wounded in an Israeli drone attack the day before.
The Israeli forces were reportedly dressed in disguises that included doctors and nurses, stormedthe ICU, drew their weapons, assaulted nurses, and abducted a patient who had been injured yesterday in an Israeli attack near Tubas.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health condemned the raid, saying it was a “flagrant violation of all international laws”.
According to the health ministry, the World Health Organization has reported more than 600 Israeli attacks on healthcare facilities and workers in the occupied West Bank since the Israeli war on Gaza began on 7 October 2023.
Lebanon reports 5 new Israeli violations of cease-fire deal
Lebanese media reported on Wednesday five new Israeli violations of a fragile cease-fire deal between Beirut and Tel Aviv, including shelling and blowing up buildings.
Lebanon has reported over 120 violations of the cease-fire since the deal came into force last week in the hope of ending 14 months of fighting between the Israeli army and Hezbollah.
According to an Anadolu tally based on Health Ministry figures, at least 14 people were killed and 13 others injured in Israeli attacks since last week’s ceasefire.
UN demands Israeli withdrawal from Golan Heights
The UN General Assembly adopted on 3 December a resolution demanding Israel’s withdrawal from Syria’s illegally occupied Golan Heights, which the Israeli army captured during the 1967 war.
The resolution demanded “once more” that Israel withdraw from the occupied Golan Heights “to the line of 4 June 1967″ while stressing the illegality of settlement building and other activities in the territory.
“The continued occupation of the Syrian Golan and its de facto annexation constitute a stumbling block in the way of achieving a just, comprehensive, and lasting peace in the region,” it added. Any decision imposing laws or jurisdiction in the region is “null and void and has no validity whatsoever.”
The vote passed with 97 in favor, eight against, and 64 abstentions.
In 2019, US President-elect Donald Trump, during his first term, recognized Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights in a highly controversial move.
France: Transparent Inquiry Needed as Pro-Palestine Journalist Marine Vlahovic Found Dead in Her Home
Women Press Freedom mourns the tragic loss of French journalist Marine Vlahovic, found dead on November 25 at her Marseille home. The 39-year-old Middle East expert and advocate for the Palestinian cause was discovered by friends on her residence’s roof terrace.
She was reportedly working on a documentary about Israel’s attacks on Gaza.
The circumstances surrounding her death are unclear and demand a thorough investigation. While an autopsy revealed no immediate evidence of foul play, toxicology results are pending.
We extend our heartfelt condolences to Marine’s family and loved ones and urge authorities to conduct a full and transparent inquiry into her untimely passing.
In 2024, Women Press Freedom has documented the deaths of at least 24 women journalists, including 10 Palestinian reporters killed during Israeli attacks on Gaza. The international community must act urgently to protect journalists, who face growing threats for reporting the truth.
Revenge, fire and destruction: A year of Israeli soldiers’ videos from Gaza
WASHINGTON POST: In the 14 months since the Israeli military launched its invasion of Gaza, videos and photographs have repeatedly shown its forces demolishing entire buildings, including homes and schools, as well as looting and torching them. Other visuals have Israeli soldiers posing next to dead bodies and calling for the extermination and expulsion of Palestinians.
Running through many of these images is the theme of exacting revenge on Gaza for the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023 attack, the bloodiest day in Israel’s history.
Israeli soldiers have posted thousands of photos and videos from the battlefield, recording their actions in the war and broadcasting them on social media. Though the Israel Defense Forces have ordered troops not to film and post “revenge” videos, they have continued to appear online throughout the war.
The result is a vast cache that gives a rare and troubling view of how some elements of the Israeli military have conducted themselves during one of the most deadly and destructive wars in recent memory (continue reading here).
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