From: SBS News December 20, 2024
Israel accused of genocidal acts in Gaza

HRW, MSF and AI:
Human Rights Watch and Médecins Sans Frontières have separately accused Israel of genocidal acts in Gaza.
The report released Thursday by the Human Rights Watch follows a similar accusation by London-based Amnesty International.

Human Rights Watch accused Israel of "systemic" efforts to deprive Gazans of water, while Doctors Without Borders noted "signs of ethnic cleansing" in the north of the Palestinian territory.

HRW stopped short of saying Israel was committing outright "genocide".

Israel:
Israel denies fresh accusations of 'acts of genocide' and 'ethnic cleansing' in Gaza
Israel has denied the accusations, dismissing them as "lies" and "fabricated" reports.

US:
The United States also disagreed with the HRW findings.
"When it comes to a determination of something like genocide, the legal standard is just incredibly high, and so the finding in this scenario we just disagree with," State Department spokesman Vedant Patel said.

“That does not take away from the fact that there is a dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza.”

Patel distanced the United States from the finding but, in contrast to Israel, stressed the value of non-governmental organizations.