‘Genocide Is Not Over,’ Amnesty Leader Says as Israel Keeps Bombing Gaza
“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.”
Palestinians in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis in southern Gaza receive hot meals from a charity on November 27, 2025.
(Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Jessica Corbett
Nov 27, 2025
Underscoring the conclusion of a new Amnesty International briefing, Middle East Eye reported Thursday that “Israeli aircraft launched a series of raids on the al-Tuffah and al-Shuja’iyya neighborhoods, east of Gaza City,” and conducted strikes on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, despite the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas that took effect on October 10.
Gaza medical sources said that as of Wednesday, at least 69,799 Palestinians had been killed and another 170,972 injured since Israel launched a genocidal assault after the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attack—though global researchers have warned the actual toll is likely far higher. Since the ceasefire began last month, Israeli forces have killed at least 352 people and injured 896.
One Month Into Ceasefire, Israel Continues ‘Silent Genocide’ in Gaza
“The ceasefire risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal,” said Agnès Callamard, Amnesty’s secretary general, in a Thursday statement. “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.”
“Israel has inflicted devastating harm on Palestinians in Gaza through its genocide, including two years of relentless bombardment and deliberate systematic starvation,” she continued. “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.”
“The ceasefire must not become a smokescreen for Israel’s ongoing genocide.”
Amnesty’s new briefing similarly states that “Israeli authorities are still committing genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, by continuing to deliberately inflict conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction.”
“Israel severely restricts the entry of supplies and the restoration of services essential for the survival of the civilian population—including nutritious food, medical supplies, and electricity—as well as stringently limiting medical evacuations,” said the human rights group, which first declared the assault a genocide in December 2024, joining scholars and observers around the world.
The briefing details:
Israeli authorities continue to prohibit the entry of equipment and material necessary to repair life-sustaining infrastructure and required to remove unexploded ordnance, contaminated rubble, and sewage, all of which pose serious and potentially irreversible public health and environmental damage.
The systemic expulsion of Palestinians from their homes and what was once the most arable land continues, with Israeli military deployed across 58% of the Gaza Strip. This expulsion risks becoming permanent.
As Common Dreams reported on Wednesday, a new Trump administration plan to temporarily house Palestinians living in the Israeli-occupied parts of Gaza in “residential compounds” that they may not be allowed to leave is being condemned as “concentration camps within a mass concentration camp.”
Callamard noted that “Palestinians remain held within less than half of the territory of Gaza, in the areas least capable of supporting life,” and pointed to decisions from the United Nations’ top tribunal, the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
“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 said.
Although Israel faces a genocide case at the ICJ, there have been “no prosecutions or investigations of acts of genocide by the Israeli authorities, at least none that has been publicly disclosed or acknowledged,” the briefing highlights. “On the contrary, atrocity crimes committed against Palestinians, including rape and other forms of sexual violence, torture and other ill-treatment of Palestinian detainees, continue to receive high-level political support in Israel and within the military ranks.”
“Not only has the level of dehumanization of Palestinians seen no decline post-ceasefire and the return of the hostages, but new death penalty legislation has been proposed which in its current wording means that it would be primarily applied against Palestinians,” the publication states. Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, gave the bill its first green light earlier this month.
“Israel also continues to prevent access to the Gaza Strip to international forensic experts and investigators, including international justice and UN-mandated mechanisms, as well as international human rights organizations, and international media,” the document adds. “This effectively prevents the collection of time-sensitive evidence that would be essential to pursue accountability and provide redress to victims and survivors.”
Callamard called on the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—a fugitive of the International Criminal Court—to “lift its inhumane blockade and ensure unfettered access to food, medicine, fuel, reconstruction, and repair materials,” as well as “make concerted efforts to repair critical infrastructure, restore essential services, provide adequate shelter for the displaced, and ensure they can return to their homes.”
She also urged international pressure targeting the Netanyahu government, arguing that “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. They must halt all arms transfers to Israel until Israel’s crimes under international law cease. They must 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.”
“The ceasefire must not become a smokescreen for Israel’s ongoing genocide,” Callamard stressed, also calling on companies worldwide to “immediately suspend any operations that contribute or are directly linked to Israel’s genocide.”
“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.”
In addition to the airstrikes in Gaza on Thursday, Israel’s troops and police continued for a second day what they called “a broad counterterrorism operation” in Tubas, a governorate in the northern West Bank. Across the illegally occupied territory, Israeli forces and settler-colonists also destroyed Palestinians’ olive trees, and some settlers set fire to a mosque in Biddya.
Roland Friedrich, West Bank director for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Affairs (UNWRA), said Thursday that “more than 10 months into operation ‘Iron Wall,’ destruction has been relentless. Jenin, Tulkarm, and Nur Shams camps have been completely emptied by Israeli forces, with some 32,000 residents remaining forcibly displaced.”
“And yet, even in these ghost towns that were once vibrant camps, Israeli forces still see the need to order demolitions for the sake of so-called ‘military purposes,’” Friedrich continued, pointing to demolitions in Jenin planned for Friday. “This systematic destruction goes against the basic principles of international law, and only serves to tighten the control of Israeli forces over the camps in the long term. The camps need to be rebuilt—not further destroyed—and their residents allowed to return and restore their lives. They must not be trapped in interminable displacement.”
“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.”
Palestinians in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis in southern Gaza receive hot meals from a charity on November 27, 2025.
(Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Jessica Corbett
Nov 27, 2025
Underscoring the conclusion of a new Amnesty International briefing, Middle East Eye reported Thursday that “Israeli aircraft launched a series of raids on the al-Tuffah and al-Shuja’iyya neighborhoods, east of Gaza City,” and conducted strikes on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, despite the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas that took effect on October 10.
Gaza medical sources said that as of Wednesday, at least 69,799 Palestinians had been killed and another 170,972 injured since Israel launched a genocidal assault after the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attack—though global researchers have warned the actual toll is likely far higher. Since the ceasefire began last month, Israeli forces have killed at least 352 people and injured 896.
One Month Into Ceasefire, Israel Continues ‘Silent Genocide’ in Gaza
“The ceasefire risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal,” said Agnès Callamard, Amnesty’s secretary general, in a Thursday statement. “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.”
“Israel has inflicted devastating harm on Palestinians in Gaza through its genocide, including two years of relentless bombardment and deliberate systematic starvation,” she continued. “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.”
“The ceasefire must not become a smokescreen for Israel’s ongoing genocide.”
Amnesty’s new briefing similarly states that “Israeli authorities are still committing genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, by continuing to deliberately inflict conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction.”
“Israel severely restricts the entry of supplies and the restoration of services essential for the survival of the civilian population—including nutritious food, medical supplies, and electricity—as well as stringently limiting medical evacuations,” said the human rights group, which first declared the assault a genocide in December 2024, joining scholars and observers around the world.
The briefing details:
Israeli authorities continue to prohibit the entry of equipment and material necessary to repair life-sustaining infrastructure and required to remove unexploded ordnance, contaminated rubble, and sewage, all of which pose serious and potentially irreversible public health and environmental damage.
The systemic expulsion of Palestinians from their homes and what was once the most arable land continues, with Israeli military deployed across 58% of the Gaza Strip. This expulsion risks becoming permanent.
As Common Dreams reported on Wednesday, a new Trump administration plan to temporarily house Palestinians living in the Israeli-occupied parts of Gaza in “residential compounds” that they may not be allowed to leave is being condemned as “concentration camps within a mass concentration camp.”
Callamard noted that “Palestinians remain held within less than half of the territory of Gaza, in the areas least capable of supporting life,” and pointed to decisions from the United Nations’ top tribunal, the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
“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 said.
Although Israel faces a genocide case at the ICJ, there have been “no prosecutions or investigations of acts of genocide by the Israeli authorities, at least none that has been publicly disclosed or acknowledged,” the briefing highlights. “On the contrary, atrocity crimes committed against Palestinians, including rape and other forms of sexual violence, torture and other ill-treatment of Palestinian detainees, continue to receive high-level political support in Israel and within the military ranks.”
“Not only has the level of dehumanization of Palestinians seen no decline post-ceasefire and the return of the hostages, but new death penalty legislation has been proposed which in its current wording means that it would be primarily applied against Palestinians,” the publication states. Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, gave the bill its first green light earlier this month.
“Israel also continues to prevent access to the Gaza Strip to international forensic experts and investigators, including international justice and UN-mandated mechanisms, as well as international human rights organizations, and international media,” the document adds. “This effectively prevents the collection of time-sensitive evidence that would be essential to pursue accountability and provide redress to victims and survivors.”
Callamard called on the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—a fugitive of the International Criminal Court—to “lift its inhumane blockade and ensure unfettered access to food, medicine, fuel, reconstruction, and repair materials,” as well as “make concerted efforts to repair critical infrastructure, restore essential services, provide adequate shelter for the displaced, and ensure they can return to their homes.”
She also urged international pressure targeting the Netanyahu government, arguing that “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. They must halt all arms transfers to Israel until Israel’s crimes under international law cease. They must 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.”
“The ceasefire must not become a smokescreen for Israel’s ongoing genocide,” Callamard stressed, also calling on companies worldwide to “immediately suspend any operations that contribute or are directly linked to Israel’s genocide.”
“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.”
In addition to the airstrikes in Gaza on Thursday, Israel’s troops and police continued for a second day what they called “a broad counterterrorism operation” in Tubas, a governorate in the northern West Bank. Across the illegally occupied territory, Israeli forces and settler-colonists also destroyed Palestinians’ olive trees, and some settlers set fire to a mosque in Biddya.
Roland Friedrich, West Bank director for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Affairs (UNWRA), said Thursday that “more than 10 months into operation ‘Iron Wall,’ destruction has been relentless. Jenin, Tulkarm, and Nur Shams camps have been completely emptied by Israeli forces, with some 32,000 residents remaining forcibly displaced.”
“And yet, even in these ghost towns that were once vibrant camps, Israeli forces still see the need to order demolitions for the sake of so-called ‘military purposes,’” Friedrich continued, pointing to demolitions in Jenin planned for Friday. “This systematic destruction goes against the basic principles of international law, and only serves to tighten the control of Israeli forces over the camps in the long term. The camps need to be rebuilt—not further destroyed—and their residents allowed to return and restore their lives. They must not be trapped in interminable displacement.”
EXECUTION
Israeli forces shoot dead two Palestinians apparently surrendering in West BankJenin (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) – The Israeli army and police said Thursday they were investigating the circumstances in which two Palestinians were shot dead in the occupied West Bank while seemingly surrendering to Israeli forces.
Issued on: 27/11/2025 - RFI
The Israeli army and police said the shooting incident in Jenin was under review
© Zain JAAFAR / AFP
The incident in Jenin in the northern West Bank, a stronghold of Palestinian armed groups, was filmed from several angles, including by AFP.
The Palestinian Authority named the two men killed as 37-year-old Yussef Ali Asa'sa and 26-year-old Al-Muntasir Billah Mahmud Abdullah.
It said they were killed in a "brutal" summary execution and condemned the incident as a "war crime".
Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir swiftly backed the forces who opened fire, saying: "Terrorists must die!"
Blood-soaked floor
Videos circulating on social media and on television channels showed two men emerging from a building with their arms raised, surrounded by Israeli forces.
The incident in Jenin in the northern West Bank, a stronghold of Palestinian armed groups, was filmed from several angles, including by AFP.
The Palestinian Authority named the two men killed as 37-year-old Yussef Ali Asa'sa and 26-year-old Al-Muntasir Billah Mahmud Abdullah.
It said they were killed in a "brutal" summary execution and condemned the incident as a "war crime".
Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir swiftly backed the forces who opened fire, saying: "Terrorists must die!"
Blood-soaked floor
Videos circulating on social media and on television channels showed two men emerging from a building with their arms raised, surrounded by Israeli forces.
The Palestinian Authority called for international action following the shootings
© JOHN WESSELS / AFP
They were then seen lying on the ground before being directed back inside the building. Gunshots rang out and the two men were seen lying on the ground.
AFP footage showed the two men exiting the building then entering it again before the shorts were fired. A building between the camera and the scene partially obscured the image.
Troops were later seen removing a body.
AFP pictures from the scene showed the blood-soaked floor of a building. People helped to clear up the damaged site afterwards, moving sheets of corrugated metal.
In a joint statement, the Israeli military and the police -- which oversees the border guard unit -- said they attempted to apprehend "wanted individuals who had carried out terror activities, including hurling explosives and firing at security forces".
They were then seen lying on the ground before being directed back inside the building. Gunshots rang out and the two men were seen lying on the ground.
AFP footage showed the two men exiting the building then entering it again before the shorts were fired. A building between the camera and the scene partially obscured the image.
Troops were later seen removing a body.
AFP pictures from the scene showed the blood-soaked floor of a building. People helped to clear up the damaged site afterwards, moving sheets of corrugated metal.
In a joint statement, the Israeli military and the police -- which oversees the border guard unit -- said they attempted to apprehend "wanted individuals who had carried out terror activities, including hurling explosives and firing at security forces".
People helped to clear the site afterwards © JOHN WESSELS / AFP
They said they "enclosed the structure in which the suspects were located, and initiated a surrender procedure that lasted several hours. Following the use of engineering tools on the structure, the two suspects exited.
"Following their exit, fire was directed toward the suspects.
"The incident is under review by the commanders on the ground, and will be transferred to the relevant professional bodies."
'Brutal field execution'
Israel has occupied the West Bank since 1967.
The Palestinian Authority's health ministry said the two men were "shot dead by Israeli forces in the Jabal Abu Dhahir area in the city of Jenin", adding that their bodies were being held by Israeli forces.
The foreign ministry in Ramallah said it "strongly condemns the brutal field execution carried out by the Israeli occupation army against two Palestinian youths", calling it a "deliberate Israeli war crime".
They said they "enclosed the structure in which the suspects were located, and initiated a surrender procedure that lasted several hours. Following the use of engineering tools on the structure, the two suspects exited.
"Following their exit, fire was directed toward the suspects.
"The incident is under review by the commanders on the ground, and will be transferred to the relevant professional bodies."
'Brutal field execution'
Israel has occupied the West Bank since 1967.
The Palestinian Authority's health ministry said the two men were "shot dead by Israeli forces in the Jabal Abu Dhahir area in the city of Jenin", adding that their bodies were being held by Israeli forces.
The foreign ministry in Ramallah said it "strongly condemns the brutal field execution carried out by the Israeli occupation army against two Palestinian youths", calling it a "deliberate Israeli war crime".
The incident took place in Jenin in the northern West Bank
© JOHN WESSELS / AFP
It urged the international community to take "immediate action to stop the Israeli killing machine, deter these crimes, and impose urgent international protection mechanisms for the Palestinian people".
The Palestinian militant group Hamas called it a "cold-blooded execution of two unarmed Palestinian youths".
Meanwhile, Ben Gvir offered his total backing to the Israeli forces involved.
"I fully support the border guard members and Israeli army soldiers who shot at wanted terrorists who emerged from a building in Jenin," he said on X.
"The forces acted exactly as expected of them -- terrorists must die!"
'Dehumanisation'
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem said the two men were killed "while posing no threat".
"The execution documented today is the result of an accelerated process of dehumanisation of Palestinians and the complete abandonment of their lives by the Israeli regime," said B'Tselem's executive director Yuli Novak.
It urged the international community to take "immediate action to stop the Israeli killing machine, deter these crimes, and impose urgent international protection mechanisms for the Palestinian people".
The Palestinian militant group Hamas called it a "cold-blooded execution of two unarmed Palestinian youths".
Meanwhile, Ben Gvir offered his total backing to the Israeli forces involved.
"I fully support the border guard members and Israeli army soldiers who shot at wanted terrorists who emerged from a building in Jenin," he said on X.
"The forces acted exactly as expected of them -- terrorists must die!"
'Dehumanisation'
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem said the two men were killed "while posing no threat".
"The execution documented today is the result of an accelerated process of dehumanisation of Palestinians and the complete abandonment of their lives by the Israeli regime," said B'Tselem's executive director Yuli Novak.
Palestinians waited behind a barrier to retreive their belongings
during an Israeli forces raid on the outskirts of the Jenin refugee camp
© JOHN WESSELS / AFP
Violence in the West Bank has soared since Palestinian militant group Hamas's October 2023 attack on Israel triggered the Gaza war.
It has not ceased despite the fragile truce between Israel and Hamas coming into effect last month.
Israeli troops or settlers have killed more than 1,000 Palestinians, many of them militants, but also scores of civilians, in the West Bank since the start of the Gaza war, according to an AFP tally based on Palestinian health ministry figures.
At least 44 Israelis, including both soldiers and civilians, have been killed in Palestinian attacks or Israeli military operations, according to official Israeli figures.
© 2025 AFP
Violence in the West Bank has soared since Palestinian militant group Hamas's October 2023 attack on Israel triggered the Gaza war.
It has not ceased despite the fragile truce between Israel and Hamas coming into effect last month.
Israeli troops or settlers have killed more than 1,000 Palestinians, many of them militants, but also scores of civilians, in the West Bank since the start of the Gaza war, according to an AFP tally based on Palestinian health ministry figures.
At least 44 Israelis, including both soldiers and civilians, have been killed in Palestinian attacks or Israeli military operations, according to official Israeli figures.
© 2025 AFP
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