{"id":83,"date":"2024-12-19T17:09:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T16:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peace.lu\/?p=83"},"modified":"2025-04-08T17:19:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T15:19:41","slug":"israels-crime-of-extermination-acts-of-genocide-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peace.lu\/?p=83","title":{"rendered":"Israel\u2019s Crime of Extermination, Acts of Genocide in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2024\/12\/19\/israels-crime-extermination-acts-genocide-gaza\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2024\/12\/19\/israels-crime-extermination-acts-genocide-gaza\">HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities\u2019 Widespread Deprivation of Water Threatens Survival<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Israeli authorities have deliberately inflicted conditions of life calculated to bring about the destruction of part of the population in Gaza by intentionally depriving Palestinian civilians there of adequate access to water, most likely resulting in thousands of deaths.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In doing so, Israeli authorities are responsible for the crime against humanity of extermination and for acts of genocide. The pattern of conduct, coupled with statements suggesting that some Israeli officials wished to destroy Palestinians in Gaza, may amount to the crime of genocide. \u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Governments and international organizations should take all measures to prevent genocide in Gaza, including discontinuing military assistance, reviewing bilateral agreements and diplomatic relations, and supporting the International Criminal Court and other accountability efforts.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>(Jerusalem) \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/middle-east\/north-africa\/israel\/palestine\">Israeli<\/a> authorities have intentionally deprived Palestinian civilians in Gaza of adequate access to water since October 2023, most likely resulting in thousands of deaths and thus committing the crime against humanity of extermination and acts of genocide, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the 179-page report, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/node\/390031\">Extermination and Acts of Genocide: Israel Deliberately Depriving Palestinians in Gaza of Water<\/a>,\u201d Human Rights Watch found that Israeli authorities have intentionally deprived Palestinians in Gaza of access to safe water for drinking and sanitation needed for basic human survival. Israeli authorities and forces cut off and later restricted piped water to Gaza; rendered most of Gaza\u2019s water and sanitation infrastructure useless by cutting electricity and restricting fuel; deliberately destroyed and damaged water and sanitation infrastructure and water repair materials; and blocked the entry of critical water supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWater is essential for human life, yet for over a year the Israeli government has deliberately denied Palestinians in Gaza the bare minimum they need to survive,\u201d said&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/about\/people\/tirana-hassan\">Tirana Hassan<\/a>, executive director at Human Rights Watch. \u201cThis isn\u2019t just negligence; it is a calculated policy of deprivation that has led to the deaths of thousands from dehydration and disease that is nothing short of the crime against humanity of extermination, and an act of genocide.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Human Rights Watch interviewed 66 Palestinians from Gaza, 4 employees of Gaza\u2019s Coastal Municipalities Water Utility (CMWU), 31 healthcare professionals, and 15 people working with United Nations agencies and international aid organizations in Gaza. Human Rights Watch also analyzed satellite imagery, photographs, and videos captured between the beginning of the hostilities in October 2023 and September 2024, as well as data collected and estimates produced by doctors, epidemiologists, humanitarian aid organizations, and water and sanitation experts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Human Rights Watch concluded that Israeli authorities have intentionally created conditions of life calculated to bring about the physical destruction of Palestinians in Gaza in whole or in part. This policy, inflicted as part of a mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, means Israeli authorities have committed the crime against humanity of extermination, which is ongoing. This policy also amounts to one of the five \u201cacts of genocide\u201d under the Genocide Convention of 1948. Genocidal intent may also be inferred from this policy, coupled with statements suggesting some Israeli officials wished to destroy Palestinians in Gaza, and therefore the policy may amount to the crime of genocide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Immediately after the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2024\/07\/17\/october-7-crimes-against-humanity-war-crimes-hamas-led-groups\">attacks in southern Israel<\/a> by Hamas-led Palestinian armed groups in Gaza on October 7, 2023, which Human Rights Watch has found amounted to war crimes and crimes against humanity, Israeli authorities cut all electricity and fuel to the Gaza Strip. On October 9, then-Defense Minister Yoav Gallant&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/yoavgallant\/status\/1711335592942875097\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> a \u201ccomplete siege\u201d of Gaza, stating: \u201cThere will be no electricity, no food, no water, no fuel, everything is closed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.\/. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2024\/12\/19\/israels-crime-extermination-acts-genocide-gaza\">https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2024\/12\/19\/israels-crime-extermination-acts-genocide-gaza<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-ujfp wp-block-embed-ujfp\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"EoTXnxubzT\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ujfp.org\/caracterisation-du-genocide-en-cours-a-gaza-chronologie-dun-tabou\/\">Caract\u00e9risation du g\u00e9nocide en cours \u00e0 Gaza : chronologie d\u2019un tabou<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u00ab\u00a0Caract\u00e9risation du g\u00e9nocide en cours \u00e0 Gaza : chronologie d\u2019un tabou\u00a0\u00bb &#8212; UJFP\" src=\"https:\/\/ujfp.org\/caracterisation-du-genocide-en-cours-a-gaza-chronologie-dun-tabou\/embed\/#?secret=nlEq4DH4Bz#?secret=EoTXnxubzT\" data-secret=\"EoTXnxubzT\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Authorities\u2019 Widespread Deprivation of Water Threatens Survival (Jerusalem) \u2013&nbsp;Israeli authorities have intentionally deprived Palestinian civilians in Gaza of adequate access to water since October 2023, most likely resulting in thousands of deaths and thus committing the crime against humanity of extermination and acts of genocide, Human Rights Watch said in a report<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/peace.lu\/?p=83\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genocide","category-israel-palestine-conflict"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peace.lu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peace.lu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peace.lu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peace.lu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peace.lu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/peace.lu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88,"href":"https:\/\/peace.lu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions\/88"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peace.lu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peace.lu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peace.lu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}