A landmark report titled “GENOCIDE AS COLONIAL ERASURE” was released by the United Nations Special Rapporteur. It detailed the widespread, systematic

abuse of the Palestinian people by the state of Israel.

KEY FINDINGS:

  • On 14 October 2023, Israel ordered 1.1 million Palestinians to move south from northern Gaza in 24 hours – one of the fastest mass displacements in history.

  • At least 90 per cent of Palestinians in Gaza have now been forcibly displaced.

  • Nearly 40 million tons of debris, including unexploded ordnance and human remains, contaminate the ecosystem.

  • Between March 2024 and October 2024, Israel has killed 10,037 Palestinians and injured 21,767, with more than 93 massacres, bringing the reported totals to nearly 42,000 and 96,000, respectively. This includes at least 13,000 children, including more than 700 babies that have been killed, many shot in the head and chest.

  • Continued bombardment of evacuees in purportedly designated “safe zones” has continued.

  • Systematic attacks on Gaza food sovereignty indicate an intent to destroy its population through starvation.

  • In August 2024, the Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich stated that starving the entire Gaza population was “justified and moral”, even if 2 million people consequently died.

"ISRAEL’S APARTHEID AGAINST PALESTINIANS: CRUEL SYSTEM OF DOMINATION AND CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY."

Amnesty International carried out extensive research and analysis between July 2017 and November 2021 on Israeli legislation, regulations, military orders, government directives and official statements. It described its findings in a report.

KEY FINDINGS:

  • In 1948, before Israel was established, Palestinians comprised around 70% of the population of Palestine and owned about 90% of the privately owned land. Jews, many of whom had emigrated from Europe, comprised around 30% of the population and owned about 6.5% of the land.

  • Amnesty International has concluded that Israel has perpetrated the international wrong of apartheid.

  • Almost all of Israel’s civilian administration and military authorities, as well as governmental and quasi-governmental institutions, are involved in the enforcement of the system of apartheid against Palestinians.

The following data pertains to the Gaza Strip in the period between

October 7, 2023 and March 17, 2025.

Source: Visualizing Palestine

  • 48,903 Palestinians killed

  • 112,489 Palestinians injured

  • 18,683 children killed

  • 204 journalists killed

  • 1,060 healthcare workers killed

Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

  • 387 aid workers killed, including 279 UN staffers

  • 436,000 housing units destroyed (160,000) or damaged (276,000), constituting 92% of all housing units

  • >2,308 educational facilities destroyed

  • 69% of all structures in Gaza destroyed or damaged

  • 81% of roads destroyed or damaged

Source: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

  • 1.9 million people (90% of the population) displaced in Gaza

Source: B’Tselem

  • By the end of December 2024, Israel held 9,619 Palestinians (including many children) in detention or prison on what it defined as “security” grounds.

The following data pertains to the West Bank in the period between

October 7, 2023 and March 17, 2025.

Source: Visualizing Palestine

  • 876 Palestinians killed

  • 40,000+ Palestinians displaced

  • 1,982 Israeli settler attacks

  • 1,130 Palestinian homes destroyed

Read the Reports For Yourself

  • Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians

    Amnesty International Report

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  • Genocide As Colonial Erasure

    Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Francesca Albanese 

    Read the Report

  • Israel's Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza

    Amnesty International Report

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