2. Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group – Since 7 October, Palestinians have suffered relentless physical and psychological harm. Israel’s lethal weapons and methods have injured seventy one-thousand Palestinians, many with agonizing injuries, in some cases leading to long-term impairment or death. Many have endured violence and deprivation including severe hunger. Israeli forces have detained thousands of Palestinians, mostly men and young boys, often refusing to disclose their whereabouts. Many of them have been severely mistreated, including through torture at times leading to death.

3. Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part – This act involves conduct that does not directly kill members of the group, but is capable of leading, through various means, to its physical destruction. These may include starving, dehydrating, forcibly displacing the protected group, destroying objects indispensable for their survival, reducing essential medical services to below the minimum requirement, depriving of housing, clothes, education, employment and hygiene. Israel’s relentless targeting of all means of basic survival has compromised the ability of Palestinians in Gaza to live on that land.”