Amnesty says Hamas attacks and Gaza hostage treatment amount to crimes against humanity

2025-12-11 10:20:23

Gaza -- Tal Shoham, a former hostage who was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7, 2023, with his wife and two children as well as three other members of his family, and held in Gaza for 505 days, looks at the damage to the home of his in-laws in Kibbutz Beeri, southern Israel, September 15, 2025....

A new report by Amnesty International has found that Palestinian militant group Hamas committed crimes against humanity during its attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023 and against hostages it took to Gaza.

The London-based human rights group said that its report, published on Wednesday, analysed patterns of the attack, communications between fighters during the assault and statements by Hamas and the leaders of other armed groups.