Live: Israel starving Gaza as obligations heard at ICJ
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has begun its second day of hearings into Israel's humanitarian obligations to Palestinians, more than 50 days into Israel's total blockage on aid entering the Gaza Strip.Top Palestinian official Ammar Hijazi has told judges that people are starving in Gaza where all UN-supported bakeries are shut as Israel uses humanitarian aid as 'a weapon of war', and nine of every 10 Palestinians have no access to safe drinking water.Amnesty International, a global rights group, has accused Israel of committing a 'livestreamed genocide' against Palestinians in Gaza by forcibly displacing most of the population and deliberately creating a humanitarian catastrophe.Israeli attacks have killed at least 48 Palestinians on Monday across Gaza, with a tent camp for displaced people south of al-Mawasi, near Khan Younis, being one of the main targets.Israel's war on Gaza has killed at least 52,314 Palestinians and wounded 117,792 others, according to the enclave's Health Ministry. The Gaza Government Media Office updated the death toll to more than 61,700, saying thousands of people missing under the rubble are presumed dead.An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during Hamas-led attacks on October 7, 2023, and more than 200 were taken captive.
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Date: 4m ago (06:45 GMT)
Title: Amnesty accuses Israel of 'livestreamed genocide' against Gaza Palestinians
Content: Amnesty International has accused Israel of committing a 'livestreamed genocide' against Palestinians in Gaza by forcibly displacing most of the population and deliberately creating a humanitarian catastrophe.
Israeli forces in Gaza have violated the United Nations Genocide Convention with acts that include 'causing serious bodily or mental harm to civilians' and 'deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction', the human rights organisation said in its annual report.
Israel has repeatedly 'denied, obstructed and failed to allow and facilitate' humanitarian access to Gaza, and invaded the southern city of Rafah, despite warnings by the international community and the International Court of Justice about the 'devastating effect it would have on the civilian population', it added.
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Date: 9m ago (06:40 GMT)
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