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Gaza war: US report indicts Israel of human rights abuses

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The US State division has stated the conflict between Israel and Hamas has had “a major detrimental affect” on the human rights state of affairs within the nation.

The US state division stated this in its annual report on Monday.

The human rights points, in line with the report, embrace credible reviews of arbitrary or illegal killings, enforced disappearance, torture and unjustified arrests of journalists, amongst others.

This was confirmed within the state division’s 2023 Nation Reviews on Human Rights Practices.

Nevertheless, the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, has denied that the nation has a “double normal” when making use of its regulation to allegations of abuses by the Israeli army in Gaza.

Based on him, examinations of such prices are ongoing.

“On the whole, as we’re taking a look at human rights and the situation of human rights around the globe, we apply the identical normal to everybody,” Blinken informed a briefing at which he unveiled the annual human rights report.

“That doesn’t change whether or not the nation is an adversary, a competitor, a good friend or an ally,” he continued.

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