Israel faces mounting genocide accusations

A GROWING number of experts, including those commissioned by a U.N. body, have said Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip amounts to genocide, deepening Israel's isolation.

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The accusation is vehemently denied by Israel, which was established in part as a refuge for Jews after the Holocaust. Others have rejected it or said only a court can make that determination.

Even so, global outrage over Israel's wartime conduct has mounted in recent months, as images of starving children emerged, adding to the humanitarian catastrophe of a 23-month war that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and laid waste to much of Gaza.