Hyderabad, Aug. 12 -- The dire situation in Palestine caused by Israel's killing of civilians in the Gaza Strip has been compared to the holocaust and persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany by a group of legal scholars in Iran.

According to a study by the experts, Israel is meting out similar atrocities to Palestinians, which the Jews in Germany faced in the past. It further states that Israel's atrocities are not limited to Palestine and have spread to countries including Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, and Iran, with assistance from the United States.

The situation in present-day Gaza has been compared with what Henry Dunant witnessed in the Battle of Solferino, which led to the establishment of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)...