Amnesty accuses Israel of intentionally starving Gaza population
Amnesty's Monday report cited testimonies of displaced Palestinians and medical staff who treated malnourished children.
Human rights group Amnesty International has accused Israel of enacting a "deliberate policy" of starvation in Gaza.
It comes as the United Nations and other aid groups warn of famine in the Palestinian territory.
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While heavily restricting aid allowed into the Gaza Strip, Israel has repeatedly rejected claims of deliberate starvation in the 22-month-old war.
Amnesty's Monday report cited testimonies of displaced Palestinians and medical staff who treated malnourished children.
"Israel is carrying out a deliberate campaign of starvation in the occupied Gaza Strip," the report said.
The group accused Israel of "systematically destroying the health, well-being and social fabric of Palestinian life."
"It is the intended outcome of plans and policies that Israel has designed and implemented, over the past 22 months, to deliberately inflict on Palestinians in Gaza conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction, which is part and parcel of Israel's ongoing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza," Amnesty said.
Last week, a report by the Israeli defence ministry's COGAT, a body overseeing civil affairs in the Palestinian territories, rejected claims of widespread malnutrition in Gaza and disputed figures shared by the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory.
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