Taking cognisance of the devastating developments in West Asia, Amnesty International accused Israel of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip during its war with Hamas.

According to the Israeli military, it struck senior Hamas militants “involved in terrorist activities” in the area. They also mentioned that precautions were taken to minimize harm to civilians.

The strike in in Muwasi wounded at least 28 people, according to Atif al-Hout, the director of Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis.

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As per the Videos and photos of the strike that are making rounds on social media, flames and a column of black smoke were seen rising into the night sky.

In a separate attack by Israel, ten more people were killed as well in Central Gaza on Wednesday including four children, according to Palestinian medics.

Amnesty International alleges 'genocide' against Palestinians

Condemning Israel, the human rights group in a report asserted that such extent of atrocity could not be justified by Hamas' October 7, 2023, attack into Israel.

“Our damning findings must serve as a wake-up call to the international community: this is genocide. It must stop now,” Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International, said in the report.

Amnesty's report added strength to a growing list of countries that have accused Israel of committing genocide — which would put it in the company of some of the deadliest conflicts of the past 80 years, including Cambodia, Sudan, and Rwanda.

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Israeli strikes on Lebanon

Lebanon's Health Ministry and state media say Israeli forces have carried out several new drone and artillery strikes in southern Lebanon, killing a shepherd. The new Israeli strikes on Tuesday put further strain on a tenuous 6-day-old ceasefire with Hezbollah.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed keep striking “with an iron fist” against perceived Hezbollah violations of the truce.

He spoke a day after Israel carried out a wave of airstrikes that killed nearly a dozen people in Lebanon. Those strikes came after the Lebanese militant group fired a volley of projectiles as a warning over what it said were previous Israeli ceasefire violations.

Syria Insurgency: Leader tours Aleppo, Ferce battles intensify near Hama

Days after the latest escalations in Syria, Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the head of the strongest jihadi group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, toured the seized city of Aleppo on Wednesday. The sudden capture of the Syrian city Aleppo added further tension to the existing turmoil in West Asia.

It was the first opposition attack on the city since 2016, when a brutal Russian air campaign retook the northwestern city for Assad after rebel forces had initially seized it. Intervention by Russia, Iran and Iranian-allied militant Hezbollah and other groups has allowed Assad to remain in power.