Gaza Crisis

Conflict in Gaza and southern Israel

A wrecked classroom in Gaza, 19 January 2009

Accountability

With fragile ceasefires now in place in Gaza and southern Israel, the full extent of the devastation caused in recent weeks is becoming increasingly clear.
Amnesty International researchers visiting Gaza and southern Israel have found evidence of war crimes and other serious violations of international law by all parties to the conflict.

Take action: Join Amnesty International in calling on the United Nations to take immediate steps to hold all sides to the conflict accountable for violations of international law.

Since June 2007, the entire population of 1.5 million Palestinians has been trapped in Gaza, with dwindling resources and an economy in ruins.
Briefings:
Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories: UN Security Council must move from rhetoric to concrete measures for accountability and peace

Israel / OPT: Fuelling conflict: Foreign arms supplies to Israel/Gaza

Palestinian Authority: Hamas' deadly campaign in the shadow of the war in Gaza: Media Advisory

The conflict in Gaza: A briefing on applicable law, investigations and accountability

Read the background to the current conflict

Blog

Israel: Cancel plan to forcibly displace Jahalin Bedouin communities

8 February 2012

A new report by Amnesty International urges the Israeli military to end demolitions displacing thousands of Bedouins in the West Bank.

Israel must release or try Palestinian detainee on prolonged hunger strike

6 February 2012

A Palestinian detainee accused of links to Islamic Jihad is at risk of dying after more than 50 days on hungerstrike.

Hamas authorities must guarantee safety of human rights activist

18 January 2012

A human rights defender in Gaza has been stabbed by unknown assailants after criticizing Hamas and armed Palestinian groups.

Israel: New detention law violates rights of asylum-seekers

10 January 2012

The new law allows for people to be held without charge or trial for three or more years, and indefinitely if they are from 'hostile' countries.

Record number of Palestinians displaced by demolitions as Quartet continues to talk

13 December 2011

Israeli authorities have stepped up unlawful demolitions in the West Bank over the past year, displacing a record number of Palestinian families.

Israel ramps up settlement construction plans after Palestine UNESCO bid

3 November 2011

Government urged to halt plans to expand construction in illegal West Bank settlements and suspend the transfer of taxes to the Palestinian Authority.

Israel-Hamas prisoner swap casts harsh light on detention practices of all sides

18 October 2011

After more than five years in captivity, Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was released today in exchange for more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners.

Q&A: Human rights implications of the Palestinian bid for UN membership

26 September 2011

The Palestinian Authority is requesting full membership of the United Nations.

Palestinians left homeless as Israel demolishes West Bank houses

15 September 2011

22 people, including 12 children have been made homeless after the Israeli military destroyed homes in ‘Aqaba village.

Civilians at risk amid new attacks in Israel and Gaza

19 August 2011

Amnesty International urges Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups to refrain from indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks harming civilians.

Video: Researching allegations of war crimes in Israel and Gaza

30 January 2009

Following the outbreak of the recent conflict in Gaza and southern Israel on 27 December 2008 and then Israel's ground invasion of Gaza on 3 January 2009, Amnesty In

Video: The human rights implications of the Israel/Gaza conflict

14 January 2009

Amnesty International's Philip Luther explains the human rights issues involved in the Israel/Gaza conflict.

Video: Sixty years of human rights failure

27 May 2008

Amnesty International has challenged world leaders to apologize for six decades of human rights failure and re-commit themselves to deliver concrete improvements.