By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE -Human Rights Watch said on Thursday that Israel has killed thousands of Palestinians in Gaza by denying them clean water which it says legally amounts to acts of genocide and extermination.

Germany on Friday expressed dismay over a Human Rights Watch report which accused Israel of committing "acts of genocide" in Gaza by deliberately depriving Palestinian civilians there of adequate access to water.

Human Rights Watch has accused Israel of causing the deaths of thousands of Palestinians by systematically restricting and targeting Gaza’s water supply in a campaign that amounted to “acts of genocide.

Israel yesterday faced accusations of committing“acts of genocide” in Gaza and exhibiting“signs of ethnic cleansing” in its military offensive in th

Human Rights Watch on Thursday said that Palestinians in Gaza are being deliberately starved of water by Israel in what could amount to "acts of genocide." The New York-based advocacy group alleged in a new report that Israel had inflicted conditions of life calculated to bring about the destruction of part of the population by intentionally depriving people of adequate access to safe water for drinking and sanitation needed for "basic survival",

By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan On Thursday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a damning, 184-page report on this manufactured water crisis, titled, “Extermination and Acts of Genocide: Israel Deliberately Depriving Palestinians in Gaza of Water.

Human Rights Watch Thursday accused Israel of committing acts of genocide in Gaza by damaging water infrastructure and cutting off supplies to civilians,

Human Rights Watch on Thursday accused Israel of committing "acts of genocide" in the Gaza Strip by damaging water infrastructure and cutting off supplies to civilians, calling on the international community to impose targeted sanctions.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday accused Israel of “acts of genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza by depriving them of adequate water supplies.