Amnesty International, through Secretary General Agnès Callamard, released a detailed report accusing Hamas and other Palestinian groups of war crimes and crimes against humanity during the October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel.The extensive report documented systematic assaults on civilians, murder, torture, and hostage-taking, which resulted in approximately 1,200 deaths and included sexual violence and desecration of corpses.Both
Hamas, dismissing the findings as "lies," and
Israel, through spokesperson
Oren Marmorstein, rejected the report, with
Israel criticizing
Amnesty International for bias and delayed publication.