Hamas rejects Amnesty accusations of crimes against humanity as ‘lies’

By AFP 11 December 2025, 6:09 pm

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Hamas gunmen patrol as Egyptian workers, accompanied by members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), search for the remains of the last Israeli hostage, Ran Gvili, in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City on December 8, 2025. (Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

Hamas rejects a report by Amnesty International that accused the Islamist movement and other Palestinian terror groups of crimes against humanity during and after the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel that sparked the Gaza war.

“The report’s repetition of the lies and allegations promoted by the occupation government concerning rape, sexual violence, and the mistreatment of captives clearly demonstrates that the purpose of this report is incitement and distorting the image of the resistance,” Hamas says in a statement, calling for the human rights organization to retract the “flawed and unprofessional report.”