Amnesty's Long-Overdue Reckoning: Hamas's October 7 Atrocities Finally Labeled Crimes Against Humanity—But Two Years Late Exposes Deep Bias

Amnesty's Long-Overdue Reckoning: Hamas's October 7 Atrocities Finally Labeled Crimes Against Humanity—But Two Years Late Exposes Deep Bias.

Two years, two months, and four days after Hamas's barbaric October 7, 2023, rampage through southern Israel—leaving 1,221 dead, including over 800 civilians slaughtered in their homes, at a music festival, and in bomb shelters—Amnesty International has finally mustered the courage (or the PR savvy) to classify it as what it always was: 'crimes against humanity' In a 173-page report released today, December 11, 2025, the self-proclaimed human rights watchdog details a litany of horrors orchestrated by Hamas and allied Palestinian armed groups, including murder, extermination, torture, enforced disappearance, rape, and other sexual violence. This isn't just "war crimes"—it's systematic extermination, with Hamas's leadership explicitly directing fighters to hunt civilians, abduct 251 hostages (mostly women, children, and the elderly), and even steal the bodies of the dead to torment families further.

The evidence is damning and irrefutable: verified survivor testimonies, forensic analysis of mutilated bodies, and hundreds of videos from the terrorists themselves showing gleeful executions in kibbutzim like Be’eri, Kfar Aza, and Nahal Oz. Over 3,000 Hamas Al-Qassam Brigades fighters, plus goons from Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, poured across the border in a premeditated orgy of violence. Even unaffiliated Gazan civilians joined the looting and lynchings, turning a terrorist assault into a pogrom. Hostages endured months of incommunicado hell in Gaza's tunnels—starved, beaten, sexually assaulted—while Hamas withheld even the corpses of 44 dead Israelis taken as "trophies." Amnesty slams this as "imprisonment" and "torture," noting it was all part of a blueprint from Hamas bosses to inflict maximum civilian suffering.

Why Did It Take So Damn Long?

Amnesty's "Palestine" Blind Spot Is a Badge of Shame.

Let's cut the crap: This report didn't emerge from some sudden epiphany of impartiality. It took 'over 26 months' for Amnesty to connect the dots that were glaring from day one—dots backed by Israeli investigations, UN reports, and even Hamas's own boasts. Why the glacial pace? Because Amnesty has spent those years laser-focused on one target: Israel. Just last December (2024), they recycled the Pallyweid "genocide" lie screed against Israel in Gaza, parroting Hamas-run health ministry death tolls that lump terrorists with civilians and ignore how Hamas embeds fighters in hospitals and schools to inflate "civilian" casualties. That report was shredded as propaganda by experts for cherry-picking evidence and ignoring Hamas's human shields. Israel called it "fabricated" and "false"—rightly so.

This Hamas report feels like damage control. After global backlash to their anti-Israel hit job— including from Jewish communities, legal scholars, and even some left-leaning outlets—Amnesty needed a fig leaf to pretend they're "balanced." As one X user bluntly put it: "Better two years late than ever," but let's be real—it's a half-hearted mea culpa that still tiptoes around full accountability. They criticize "investigative failures" by Palestinian authorities (read: Hamas cover-ups) and even nudge Israel on better forensics, as if the Jewish state hasn't already documented every atrocity while fighting a war on two fronts. And note: Amnesty couldn't fully assess sexual violence due to "access limits" in Gaza—code for Hamas stonewalling.

On X, reactions range from sarcastic cheers ("Amnesty discovers Nuremberg trials!") to grim reminders that this "human rights" org has been MIA on Jewish suffering for decades.

The Bigger Picture: 

Hamas's Reign of TerrorDemands Justice, Not Amnesty's Timid Nod.

This report, for all its tardiness, is a crack in the facade. It confirms what Israel has screamed from the rooftops: October 7 wasn't "resistance"—it was extermination, a blueprint for genocide straight out of Hamas's charter. The last hostage body, that of soldier Ran Gvili, still rots in Gaza—Amnesty demands its return, as they should. But words aren't enough. The ICC must haul Hamas leaders before The Hague. The U.S. and allies should ramp up sanctions on Hamas funders—Qatar, Iran, anyone bankrolling this death cult.

Amnesty's bias isn't just inconvenient; it's complicit. By dragging their feet on Hamas while sprinting to demonize Israel, they've fueled the very propaganda that justifies more attacks. Too late for redemption? Maybe. But at least now, the world record shows: Hamas isn't "freedom fighters"—they're butchers of humanity. Israel will keep fighting for justice, with or without Amnesty's reluctant stamp of approval. The victims of October 7 deserve nothing less. 

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Sources and Notes.

-  Amnesty's disgraceful 'genocide' slander against Israel disqualifies the group.

JNS. Dec 18, 2024.

https://www.jns.org/amnestys-disgraceful-genocide-slander-against-israel-disqualifies-the-group/

- Amnesty Israel rejects Amnesty International's report accusing Israel of genocide. JPost.

Dec 5, 2024
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-832119

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- Amnesty accuses Hamas of committing crimes against humanity. JPost, Dec 11, 2025.

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-879982

- More than 2 years later: Amnesty concludes that Hamas committed crimes against humanity. INN. Dec 11, 2025. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419161