Amnesty International on Thursday accused Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians “brazenly, continuously and with total impunity”, in a new report documenting claims of how the IDF “unleashed hell” on Gaza.

The London-based rights organisation said its findings were based on “dehumanising and genocidal statements by Israeli government and military officials”, satellite images documenting devastation, fieldwork and ground reports from Gazans and health workers.

“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,” Amnesty chief Agnès Callamard said in a statement.

“Our damning findings must serve as a wake-up call to the international community: this is genocide. It must stop now.”

Israel, which was founded in the aftermath of the Holocaust, has adamantly rejected genocide allegations against it as an antisemitic “blood libel.”

It is challenging such allegations at the International Court of Justice, and it has rejected the International Criminal Court’s accusations that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister committed war crimes in Gaza.

More than 44,000 civilians killed in Gaza

Israel’s military offensive in Gaza was launched in response to the an unprecedented attack by Hamas terrorists inside southern Israel on October 7 last year. A total of 1,208 people – mostly civilians – were killed in southern Israel during that attack by the Palestinian terror group.

Since then, Israel has killed at least 44,532 people in Gaza. Most of the casualties were civilian – including 13,300 children.