U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY: ‘NO GENOCIDE IN GAZA’

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin insisted no evidence indicates Israel is committing g*noc*de in the Gaza Strip during a 9 April appearance before the US Senate Armed Services Committee.

Austin’s comments come as Israel’s military operations have killed more than 33,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, with 25,000 being women and children.

In a case South Africa launched, the International Court of Justice on 26 January ruled the g*noc*de charge ‘plausible.’ A final ruling on whether Israel has violated the 1948 UN Genocide Convention may take years. However, the court also required Israel to take steps to avoid g*noc*dal acts. Israel has gone on to kill an additional 7,000 Palestinians since the ruling.