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Israeli author David Grossman says Gaza war is genocide
1 August 2025 14:57 BST
Israeli author David Grossman has said that his country is committing genocide in Gaza.
“For many years, I refused to use that term: genocide,” the writer told Italian daily La Repubblica in an interview published on Friday.
“But now, after the images I have seen and after talking to people who were there, I can’t help using it.”
“This word is an avalanche: Once you say it, it just gets bigger, like an avalanche. And it adds even more destruction and suffering,” he said.
Grossman’s works have won many international prizes, including Israel’s top literary prize in 2018.
His comments come days after two major Israeli rights groups also used the term amid growing global alarm over Israeli-imposed starvation in Gaza.