In the Gaza Strip, “ordinary Palestinians find themselves trapped between the structural violence and mass atrocities of Israeli forces and the predatory, fear-based rule of Hamas”, the report said. …

“What is alarmingly similar is the deliberate infliction of suffering on Palestinian civilians,” Mr Muralidhar said.

“While their origins and motivations differ, both operate within environments engineered by Israel.” …

Settler violence “functions as a means of implementing Israeli state policy”, it charged, with both focused on “entrenchment of Israeli settlements, annexation of Palestinian territory and displacement of Palestinians from their land”.