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Crisis in Gaza, Israel, and the wider Occupied Palestinian Territories

Damage of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, with rubble of building fallen into a road.
Damage of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, with rubble of building fallen into a road.

We are horrified by the ongoing crisis for civilians in Gaza, the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and Israel. Amnesty International is issuing an urgent call for an immediate ceasefire by all parties in the occupied Gaza Strip and Israel.

All parties must protect civilians and strictly adhere to international humanitarian law and all violations of international law must be urgently investigated by the International Criminal Court.

The root causes - including the Israeli authorities system of apartheid against Palestinians and decades of impunity - must be fully addressed

As the situation is so fast moving, Amnesty is publishing the latest developments via press release publications which you can see on this page.

The escalating crisis in Gaza and Israel

Our response to the crisis in Gaza, the wider Occupied Palestinian Territories, and Israel

EU: Call for a sustainable ceasefire in Gaza ‘insufficient’ to end civilian suffering

First time since the conflict began that the EU has made a call for a ceasefire

UK: campaigners stage silent vigil for Rafah outside Downing St

Amnesty International UK has staged a silent vigil in solidarity with civilians in Rafah outside Downing Street this morning to draw attention to the plight of some 1.4 million Palestinian civilians who are at acute risk in any full-scale Israeli military assault on the city. 

Israel/OPT: fresh evidence of probable war crimes in Israeli attacks on Rafah

Fresh evidence of deadly unlawful attacks in Rafah - gathered by Amnesty International and published today - show how Israeli forces are flouting international humanitarian law in their military operations in Gaza, including obliterating entire families with total impunity. 

Global: Zionism/Zionist hate speech policy review must not stifle legitimate criticism of Israel’s oppressive policies

‘Meta must ensure that its content policies are neither discriminatory nor biased against pro-Palestinian voices’ - Alia Al Ghussain

Israel/OPT: Israel has unleashed wave of unlawful attacks on Palestinians in West Bank - new research

With the world’s attention largely focused on Gaza, Israeli forces have stepped up use of lethal force with raids on refugee camps and attacks on crowds at demonstrations.

Israel/OPT: UK's 'terrible' decision to halt funding for UN Palestinian refugee agency should be reversed

Responding to an announcement by the UK government that it was “pausing” its financial support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency

Israel/OPT: Israel must comply with today's ICJ ruling

Top UN court orders six provisional measures against Israel over Gaza genocide claim.

Israel/OPT: South Africa's genocide case offers glimmer of hope for justice

‘War crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza are rife, and the risk of genocide is real’ - Agnès Callamard

Israel/OPT: Israeli authorities must account for secretly-detained Palestinians

Amnesty International is deeply concerned for the fate of Palestinians from Gaza who’ve been detained by Israeli forces amid reports of mass enforced disappearances.

Israel/OPT: UK ban on violent settlers is belated recognition of 'apparatus of state-backed repression'

If the UK really wants to take a stand against Israel’s illegal settlement expansion, it should also ban the UK trade in settlement goods instead of continuing to import products which facilitate and legitimise a war crime.

UK: MPs urged to support calls for immediate halt to UK arms sales to Israel

Private members’ bill - Arms Trade (Inquiry and Suspension) Bill - will be presented to Commons on Monday, with Westminster Hall debate the following day

Israel/OPT: US veto blocks UN ceasefire resolution that would end mass suffering in Gaza

US is isolated as the only country to veto call for immediate ceasefire

Israel/OPT: UN Security Council must not block Gaza ceasefire resolution

Appeal to UK, USA and other Security Council members to back ceasefire resolution after Antonio Guterres ‘rings alarm bell’ by invoking Article 99 of UN Charter

Lebanon: Israel's attack on seven journalists was a likely war crime - new investigation

An Israeli attack on a group of seven journalists in south Lebanon on 13 October - a double-strike attack which killed Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah and injured six others - was likely to have been a direct attack on civilians that must be investigated as a war crime.

Israel/OPT: US-made munitions used in two Israeli airstrikes in Gaza killed 43 civilians

US-made munitions were used by the Israeli military in two deadly, unlawful airstrikes on homes in Gaza which killed a total of 43 civilians - 19 children, 14 women and ten men - Amnesty International has found following a detailed investigation into the two attacks.

Israel/OPT: Urgent need for a ceasefire to end civilian bloodshed and mass suffering as fighting resumes

Without a ceasefire, the shocking death toll will skyrocket and civilians in Gaza will once again be forced to endure the unimaginable horrors

Briefing: Crisis In Israel And The Occupied Palestinian Territories

A briefing outlining war crimes that have been and continue to be committed during the crisis in Gaza, Israel and wider occupied Palestinian territories. It includes our calls on the UK government and parliamentary questions regarding the urgent need for a ceasefire, justice & accountability, lifting the illegal blockade, and an arms embargo on all parties to the conflict.