Amnesty: Israel is ‘Still Committing Genocide’ in Gaza despite Ceasefire

November 27, 2025 News
Israeli occupation forces continued to violate the ceasefire in Gaza. (Photo: via QNN)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Amnesty said the ceasefire “risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal … Israel’s genocide is not over.”

Amnesty International has warned that “Israeli authorities are still committing genocide” against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, more than a month after a US-brokered ceasefire was announced.

In a statement on Thursday, the organization said Israel continues to “deliberately inflict conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction, without signalling any change in their intent.”

According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, at least 347 Palestinians have been killed and nearly 900 injured by Israeli army fire since the ceasefire began.

“The ceasefire risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal. But while Israeli authorities and forces have reduced the scale of their attacks and allowed limited amounts of humanitarian aid into Gaza, the world must not be fooled. Israel’s genocide is not over,” said Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International.

Genocide Convention

Amnesty International highlighted that it issued an extensive study in December 2024, concluding that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. The organization argued that Israel had carried out “three acts prohibited under the Genocide Convention, with the specific intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza, including killings, causing serious bodily or mental harm, and deliberately inflicting on Palestinians in Gaza conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction.”

Today, despite a reduction in scale of attacks, and some limited improvements, Amnesty stated, there has been “no meaningful change” in the conditions Israel is inflicting on Palestinians in Gaza and “no evidence to indicate that Israel’s intent has changed.”

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Callamard emphasized that “Israel has inflicted devastating harm on Palestinians in Gaza through its genocide, including two years of relentless bombardment and deliberate systematic starvation,” adding that “So far, there is no indication that Israel is taking serious measures to reverse the deadly impact of its crimes and no evidence that its intent has changed.”

“In fact, Israeli authorities are continuing their ruthless policies, restricting access to vital humanitarian aid and essential services, and deliberately imposing conditions calculated to physically destroy Palestinians in Gaza,” Callamard continued.

Vulnerability to Spread of Disease

The organization also highlighted that Israel continues to restrict access to critical aid and relief supplies, including medical supplies and equipment necessary to repair life-sustaining infrastructure, violating multiple orders from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for Israel to ensure that Palestinians have access to humanitarian supplies.

In the case brought by South Africa to prevent Israel’s genocide, the ICJ found that Palestinians’ rights under the Genocide Convention, “namely their survival were plausibly at risk.”

Amnesty warned the probability that the current conditions would lead to the destruction of Palestinians in Gaza persists, “particularly considering the enhanced vulnerability of the population to sickness and spread of disease.” The situation, it said, follows months of famine caused by years of unlawful blockade and months of total siege earlier this year.

“This has created circumstances that would lead to a slow death of Palestinians resulting from the lack of proper food, water, shelter, clothing or sanitation,” the organization stated.

Limited Access to Nutritious Food

Amnesty emphasized that Israel continues to severely restrict the entry of supplies and the restoration of services essential for the survival of the civilian population “including by blocking the entry of equipment and material necessary to repair life-sustaining infrastructure” as well as required to remove unexploded ordnance, contaminated rubble and sewage. These “pose serious and potentially irreversible public health and environmental risks.”

Israel is also limiting the distribution of aid, including by restricting which organizations are allowed to deliver relief within Gaza, the organization noted.

“Simply increasing the number of trucks entering Gaza is not sufficient,” it said.

According to OCHA, while households are now having two meals per day (up from one daily meal in July), dietary diversity remains low with access to nutritious foods including vegetables, fruits and protein, “still out of reach for many families, and items like eggs and meat scarce or unaffordable.”

“Israel must lift its inhumane blockade and ensure unfettered access to food, medicine, fuel, reconstruction and repair materials,” Callamard stated. She also emphasized that Israel must make concerted efforts to repair critical infrastructure, restore essential services, provide adequate shelter for the displaced and ensure they can return to their homes.

Systematic Displacement

Amnesty also pointed out that Israel’s “systematic displacement” of Palestinians from fertile lands has continued unabated, with Israeli military currently deployed across around 54-58% of the Strip. Palestinians’ access to the sea also remains severely limited. In addition, Israel “has taken no measures” to address the impact of its extensive destruction of farming land and livestock over the last two years, meaning Palestinians “are left virtually totally deprived of independent access to forms of sustenance.”

“Palestinians remain held within less than half of the territory of Gaza, in the areas least capable of supporting life, with humanitarian aid still severely restricted,” Callamard.

“Still today, even after repeated warnings by international bodies, three sets of legally binding orders by the ICJ, and two ICJ advisory opinions, and despite Israel’s obligations under international humanitarian law and international human rights law, both as an occupying power and as a party to an armed conflict, Israel deliberately continues not to provide or allow necessary supplies to reach the civilian population in Gaza,” she added.

Signs of Easing Pressure on Israel

Callamard also raised concern that in recent weeks, signs have emerged that the international community is easing pressure on Israel to end its violations.

“Now is not the time to ease pressure on the Israeli authorities. World leaders must demonstrate that they truly are committed to upholding their duty to prevent genocide and to ending the impunity that has fuelled decades of Israeli crimes across the Occupied Palestinian Territory,” she stated.

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Callamard said governments “must halt all arms transfers to Israel until Israel’s crimes under international law cease.”

She also urged them to press Israeli authorities to grant human rights monitors and journalists access to Gaza “to ensure transparent reporting on the impact of Israel’s actions on conditions in Gaza.”

Israeli Officials ‘Remain in Power’

The Amnesty official stressed that “Israeli officials responsible for orchestrating, overseeing and materially committing genocide remain in power.”

She added: “Failing to demonstrate that they or their government will be held accountable effectively gives them free rein to continue the genocide and commit further human rights violations in Gaza and in the West Bank including East Jerusalem.”

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Callamard emphasized that “The ceasefire must not become a smokescreen for Israel’s ongoing genocide.”

She said that Israel’s “pattern of conduct” in Gaza, including “the deliberate, unlawful denial of lifesaving aid to Palestinians, many of whom are injured, malnourished and at risk of serious disease, continues to threaten their survival.”

Staggering Death Toll

Starting on October 7, 2023, the Israeli military, with American support, launched a genocidal war against the people of Gaza. This campaign has so far resulted in the deaths of close to 70,000 Palestinians, with more than 170,000 wounded. The vast majority of the population has been displaced, and the destruction of infrastructure is unprecedented since World War II. Thousands of people are still missing.

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In addition to the military assault, the Israeli blockade has caused a man-made famine, leading to the deaths of hundreds of Palestinians—mostly children—with hundreds of thousands more at risk.

Despite widespread international condemnation, little has been done to hold Israel accountable. The nation is currently under investigation for genocide by the International Court of Justice, while accused war criminals, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, are officially wanted by the International Criminal Court.

(The Palestine Chronicle) 

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  1. We should stop saying there was a ceasefire. It never happened, and it proves that my US government thinks they control the world via the media. The Jewish Nazis have repeatedly said, it’s not Trump’s decision. Trump should be embarassed and take it out on them, but he can’t because they paid him off. He should cut-off the Israeli Nazis from any more aid: no money, no nothing.

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