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In first, Amnesty accuses Hamas of crimes against humanity during Oct. 7 attack and Gaza war
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Pictures of victims hang on the outer wall of a Kibbutz Nir Oz home gutted in the Hamas onslaught of October 7, 2023, as seen in the Gaza border community on October 23, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Amnesty International accuses Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups for the first time of crimes against humanity during and after the October 7, 2023, attack that sparked the war in Gaza.
“Palestinian armed groups committed violations of international humanitarian law, war crimes and crimes against humanity during their attacks in southern Israel that started on 7 October 2023,” the human rights watchdog says in a 173-page report.
Amnesty, which had previously accused Hamas of committing war crimes on October 7, adds that the terror group “continued to commit violations and crimes under international law in their holding and mistreatment of hostages and the withholding of bodies seized.”
Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
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