Israel’s Extermination, Ethnic Cleansing Escalate
Palestinians flock to the area where a charitable organization distributes hot food as food crisis persists in Beit Lahia, Gaza on October 28, 2025. © 2025 Abdalhkem Abu Riash/Anadolu via Getty Images (Jerusalem) – Israeli forces escalated their atrocities in 2025, including war crimes, crimes against humanity, acts of genocide, and ethnic cleansing against Palestinians, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2026. Israeli forces killed, maimed, starved, and forcibly displaced Palestinians and destroyed their homes and civilian infrastructure at a scale unprecedented in the recent history of Israel and Palestine.
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