Amnesty International said Israel “continues to commit genocide” against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip despite a ceasefire agreed last month, The Guardian reported on Thursday.
A fragile cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas, brokered by the United States, took effect on October 10 after two years of war.
“A ceasefire risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal,” said Amnesty International’s director-general Agnès Callamard.
“But while Israeli authorities and the military have reduced the scale of attacks and allowed limited humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, the world must not be fooled: Israel’s genocide is not over.”
The 1948 United Nations Genocide Convention defines genocide as any of five acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group.
In December 2024, Amnesty International concluded that Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip, including intentionally imposing living conditions calculated to cause physical destruction on Palestinians.
In an update on Thursday, Amnesty International said: “Israel continues to severely restrict the entry of goods and the resumption of services essential to the survival of civilians.
“Although the scale of attacks has decreased and there have been some limited improvements, there has been no significant change in Israel’s situation with Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, and there is no evidence that Israel’s intentions have changed.”