HRW: Israel's plan on Gaza population would escalate its 'acts of genocide'

The Israeli government’s plan to demolish what remains of Gaza’s civilian infrastructure and concentrate the Palestinian population into a tiny area would amount to an abhorrent escalation of its ongoing crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing, and acts of genocide, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday in a report.

“Hearing Israeli officials flaunt plans to squeeze Gaza’s two million people into an even tinier area while making the rest of the land uninhabitable should be treated like a five-alarm fire in London, Brussels, Paris, and Washington,” said Federico Borello, interim executive director of HRW.

“Israel’s blockade has transcended military tactics to become a tool of extermination, Borello said as the organisation called on all parties to the Genocide Convention to do more to prevent further atrocities in Gaza.

States that signed the #Genocide Convention are obligated to prevent genocide - not enable it.

By arming and backing #Israel as it starves and displaces 2 million people in #Gaza, 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 & other 🇪🇺 states risk legal liability for complicity. @hrw: https://t.co/ZsYuihBCLH pic.twitter.com/3MLWNXpU3Z

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