Wikipedia

genocide /jĕn′ə-sīd″/

noun

The systematic and widespread extermination or attempted extermination of a national, racial, religious, or ethnic group.

The systematic killing of a racial or cultural group.

The systematic killing of substantial numbers of people on the basis of ethnicity, religion, political opinion, social status, or other particularity.

- The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language

This is the definition of genocide. What is happening in Gaza is that the IDF is systematically killing palestinians on the basis of their ethnicity, which is genocide. Nobody can dispute that at this point, and there is no middle ground.

However,

https://www.scnr.com/article/u-s-doctors-report-idf-snipers-intentionally-targeting-children-in-gaza_ebe4ffd74b6a11ef9c930242ac1c0002

("US doctors report IDF snipers are intentionally targeting children in Gaza")

(Archived version) https://archive.is/ZMHTE

https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2025/11/03/israel-bombs-toys/

("Israel has been caught disguising bombs as toys to kill Palestinian children")

(Archived version) https://archive.is/nCn3n

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-06-27/ty-article-magazine/.premium/idf-soldiers-ordered-to-shoot-deliberately-at-unarmed-gazans-waiting-for-humanitarian-aid/00000197-ad8e-de01-a39f-ffbe33780000

("'It's a Killing Field': IDF Soldiers Ordered to Shoot Deliberately at Unarmed Gazans Waiting for Humanitarian Aid")

(Archived version) https://archive.is/EhYJy

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-briefing-notes/2025/11/occupied-west-bank-increased-israeli-violence-against-palestinians

("Occupied West Bank: Increased Israeli violence against Palestinians must stop")

(Archived version) https://archive.is/cdlCG

https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/israel-using-water-weapon-war-gaza-supply-plummets-94-creating-deadly-health

("Israel using water as weapon of war as Gaza supply plummets by 94%, creating deadly health catastrophe: Oxfam")

(Archived version) https://archive.is/3vNtF

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/08/un-experts-appalled-relentless-israeli-attacks-gazas-healthcare-system

("UN experts appalled by relentless Israeli attacks on Gaza’s healthcare system")

(Archived version) https://archive.is/UtkBh

https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/06/israeli-attacks-educational-religious-and-cultural-sites-occupied

("Israeli attacks on educational, religious and cultural sites in the Occupied Palestinian Territory amount to war crimes and the crime against humanity of extermination, UN Commission says")

(Archived version) https://archive.is/iq6ca

Israel has been caught ordering the IDF to target innocent and unnarmed civilians in search for aid, it has relentlessly (and purposefully) targeted children, it has destroyed all water, health and education infrastructure and deliberately poisoned the land to make it unlivable. It's impossible to argue there is no intent, because Israel's actions have been very deliberate.

I should also add that IDF soldiers are loving this genocide:

https://theintercept.com/2024/08/09/israel-prison-sde-teiman-palestinian-abuse-torture/

("Video of Sexual Abuse at Israeli Prison Is Just Latest Evidence Sde Teiman Is a Torture Site")

(Archived version) https://archive.is/1kjbp

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/longform/2025/4/16/israeli-soldiers-filmed-themselves-destroying-gaza-see-the-video-evidence

("The first livestreamed genocide")

(Archived version) https://archive.is/4Zli4

IDF soldiers have been caught multiple times abusing and torturing palestinians in israeli prisons, many times for fun. They also like to upload videos of themselves killing palestinians and laughing at it to social media.

Lastly, the UN report I linked on a previous comment (and every other genocide report) have already analysed the facts, and if you had read them, you'd know they already come to the conclusion that there is intent, and a lot of it.

After years of a continued genocide, that has been televised and broadcast to the whole world, and after seeing all the war crimes Israel keeps committing against the palestinian people, it is inexcusable to still defend the position that it is not a genocide.

So fuck off, and stop defending a bunch of nazi, genocidal war criminals.