For first time, two leading Israeli human rights groups accuse Israel of genocide in Gaza This picture taken from the Israeli side of the border with Gaza shows destroyed buildings in the north of the territory in January 2025. - Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images A pair of leading Israeli human rights groups has accused Israel of “committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza,” becoming the first such organizations to make the claim. B’Tselem said in a major report released on Monday that it came to that “unequivocal conclusion” after an “examination of Israel’s policy in the Gaza Strip and its...