Amnesty International, through Secretary General Agnès Callamard, accused Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups of war crimes and crimes against humanity for their actions during the October 7, 2023 attacks.The organization's report details systematic assaults on civilians, murder, extermination, torture, and hostage-taking that killed around 1,200 people, including 800 civilians, and involved sexual violence and desecration of corpses.Hamas rejected these "flimsy and unprofessional" allegations, while
Amnesty International also reiterated its previous accusations of genocide and apartheid against
Israel.