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.

For the first time, two major Israeli human rights organisations — B’Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) — are openly calling Israel’s war in Gaza “genocide”. Their reports landed in Jerusalem this week, calling on the world to act and putting Israel’s government under even greater scrutiny.

President Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer discussed doing more to feed the starving population in Gaza — at odds with the Israeli prime minister who claimed there was no starvation.

Israel has announced a daily “tactical pause in military activity” in three areas of Gaza to enable more aid to reach people, amid growing international outrage over starvation in the territory.

This is the first time that local Jewish-led organizations have made genocide accusations during the current war.

Israel ended a truce in Gaza in March, hoping to break Hamas. The move has heightened suffering for Palestinians but achieved few, if any, Israeli goals.