The Israeli government is pushing back on a recent report from a global scholar group claiming that Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip.

On Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government called the resolution from the International Association of Genocide Scholars “an embarrassment to the legal profession and to any academic standard.”

The IAGS accuses Israel of engaging in “systematic and widespread crimes against humanity,” including deliberate attacks against civilians and infrastructure like hospitals and commercial buildings. The resolution briefly states that the Hamas terror group also committed a crime when it launched the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel that triggered the war.

Israel’s Foreign Ministry said the IAGS resolution is based entirely on Hamas’ account of the situation inside the Palestinian enclave and “laundering” lies told by others.

“The IAGS did not do the most basic task in research, which is to verify the information,” a Foreign Ministry official said in a post on X.

The scholars’ group said Israel is responsible for killing and maiming more than 50,000 children, torturing and sexually assaulting Palestinian prisoners, targeting medical professionals and journalists, and the “deliberate deprivation” of food, water, medicine and electricity.

“Above all, the IAGS has set a historic precedent,” the Israeli Foreign Ministry said. “For the first time, ’genocide scholars’ accused the very victims of genocide — despite Hamas’ attempted genocide against the Jewish people, murdering 1,200 people, raping women, burning families alive and declaring its goal of killing every Jew.”

Yacov Livne, the senior deputy director for public diplomacy in Israel’s Foreign Ministry, said Oct. 7 is a reminder that “jihadism must be defeated.”

“This war will end when the hostages are home and Hamas lays down its weapons,” Mr. Livne said Tuesday on X.

• Mike Glenn can be reached at mglenn@washingtontimes.com.