Israel Escalates Its Genocide in One of the Deadliest, Most Widespread Attacks on Gaza
Gaza,physically and demographically, by stripping it of the means to survive, eliminating it entirely, and preventing any future return.
The international community must act urgently to stop this ongoing genocide, initiate serious investigations into the crimes committed, and take effective measures to ensure the protection of civilians and bring an end to the culture of impunity that has emboldened Israel to commit grave violations without accountability.
States must also launch criminal investigations into Israeli and international companies involved in supplying the Israeli military with weapons and heavy equipment used in carrying out acts of genocide. This includes bulldozers, surveillance systems, and spyware used to track and target civilians. Public and private investments in these companies must be withdrawn, and the companies themselves must be blacklisted nationally and internationally.
The international community must impose economic, diplomatic, and military sanctions on Israel for its systematic and grave violations of international law. This includes banning the export of weapons or dual-use items to Israel, prohibiting the purchase of such items from it, halting all forms of political, financial, and military support and cooperation, freezing the financial assets of officials involved in crimes against Palestinians, imposing travel bans on them, and suspending trade privileges and bilateral agreements that grant Israel economic advantages enabling it to continue committing crimes against the Palestinian people.
States with universal jurisdiction laws must issue arrest warrants for Israeli political and military officials implicated in the crime of genocide and initiate legal proceedings — even in absentia — under their international legal obligations to prosecute such crimes and combat impunity.
An independent international mechanism must be established to preserve evidence related to the crime of genocide in Gaza. This body should document and safeguard digital evidence, satellite imagery, and testimonies from victims and survivors for use before international judicial bodies, particularly the International Criminal Court (ICC).
The ICC must expedite its investigations and issue arrest warrants for Israeli officials responsible for international crimes committed in the Gaza Strip. It must acknowledge and treat Israel’s actions as acts of genocide without equivocation. Member states of the Rome Statute must be reminded of their legal obligations to fully cooperate with the Court, ensure the enforcement of its arrest warrants, bring the perpetrators to international justice, and end the cycle of impunity.
