Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of causing thousands of Palestinian deaths through systematic denial of water and electricity in Gaza, calling it genocide. Israel denies the allegations, stating its actions target Hamas militants.
Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused Israel of causing the deaths of thousands of Palestinians by systematically restricting and targeting Gaza ’s water supply in a campaign that amounted to “acts of genocide.” The rights group was the latest among a growing number of critics to accuse Israel of genocidal acts in its war in Gaza . Israel vehemently denies the allegations, saying its war is directed at Hamas militants, not Gaza 's civilians.
In Thursday's report, HRW alleged that countless infants, children and adults have died from malnutrition, dehydration and illness as a result of actions by Israeli authorities over more than a year of war to deliberately cut the flow of water and electricity to Gaza, destroy infrastructure and prevent the distribution of critical supplies. “As a state policy, these acts constitute a widespread or systematic attack directed against a civilian population. Israeli officials are therefore committing the crime against humanity of extermination,” the New York-based group said. The rights group said that the “pattern of conduct” outlined in its report and statements from Israeli officials “may indicate' genocidal intent, but it did not come down definitively on one side. Under international law, proving intent is key in concluding whether the crime of genocide has been committed. Israel, founded as a refuge for Jews in the wake of the Nazi Holocaust, strenuously denies such allegations. It says Hamas is responsible for the destruction in Gaza because the group hides and operates in schools, hospitals and residential areas. It says the October 2023 Hamas attack that triggered the war — the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust — amounts to genocid
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