Asked for a response to Amnesty International’s report that accused Israel of committing “genocide” against Palestinians in its war on Gaza, German Foreign Ministry spokesperson Sebastian Fischer told reporters: “The question of genocide presupposes a clear intention to eradicate an ethnic group. I still do not recognise any such clear intention and therefore I cannot share the conclusions of the report,” Al Jazeera reports

“We take the accusations in the report very seriously and are currently analysing them,” Fischer said. “We have repeatedly urged the Israeli government to adjust its military operations in Gaza and better fulfil its obligations to protect civilians.”

“However it is still our opinion that Israel is acting in defence against Hamas which sparked this conflict with its terror attacks,” he said.

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