Amnesty International said in a report published Wednesday that Israel is committing acts of genocide against Palestinians, accusing the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of treating people in Gaza as a "subhuman group unworthy of human rights and dignity" and "demonstrating its intent to physically destroy them."

In the 296-page document, the human rights group details military and political decisions by Israel that have caused mass death, injury and destruction, from the relentless bombardment of civilian populations to the imposition of a siege that has cut off humanitarian access to Gaza. The totality of Israel's actions, Amnesty said, proves that it is "deliberately inflicting on Palestinians in Gaza conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction."

“Our damning findings must serve as a wake-up call to the international community:........

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