US disagrees with Amnesty's conclusion that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

The US State Department said on Thursday that it disagrees with Amnesty International's conclusion that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in its ongoing war on Gaza.

Spokesperson Vedant Patel said the conclusion was unfounded. Amnesty International is arguably the highest-profile rights group to conclude Israel's actions in Gaza meet the definition of genocidal acts as laid out under the Genocide Convention.