Israeli authorities have caused massive, deliberate forced displacement of Palestinian civilians in Gaza since October 2023 and are responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch.
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00:00The Israeli military is responsible for deliberate forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza,
00:08according to a new report by Human Rights Watch.
00:12The humanitarian group said they have evidence that Israeli authorities' conduct, which has
00:16led to the displacement of 90 percent of Gaza's population, amounts to war crimes.
00:22They point to a clear intent by Israeli government officials, including Netanyahu, to make the
00:27return of displaced Palestinians to their homes impossible.
00:32Given this evidence, including the sheer number of Palestinian civilians in Gaza driven from
00:38their land and the manner of displacement and the attempts to make this return impossible,
00:43the forced displacement is widespread, systematic and intentional and forms part of a state
00:48policy and amounts to a crime against humanity.
00:52In the areas where the military has raised, extended and cleared land for buffer zones
00:56and security corridors, Human Rights Watch finds these actions of the Australian authorities
01:01amount to ethnic cleansing.
01:03The report is being published amid an ongoing Israeli military campaign in northern Gaza
01:08that has created a new wave of displacement of hundreds of thousands of civilians.
01:13In its report, Human Rights Watch analyzed Israeli evacuation orders and said that they
01:18do not comply with the laws of war by failing to ensure safe passage and refuge for Palestinians.
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