Overview
- Amnesty accuses Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups of crimes against humanity during and after the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks.
- The report documents intentional killings, torture and sexual violence, concluding that hostages in Gaza were held illegally.
- Investigators describe hostage abuses including malnutrition, isolation, threats, psychological violence and killings by captors.
- Evidence indicates most attackers were from Hamas’s Al-Qassam Brigades alongside fighters from PIJ’s Al-Quds and the Al-Aqsa Brigades, with many entering Israel in civilian clothes and engaging in looting.
- The findings cite more than 1,200 deaths in Israel and about 251 civilians abducted to Gaza, and call for impartial probes and credible prosecutions as part of ongoing UN and ICC accountability efforts.