Footage of Australian cattle being tortured before being slaughtered in Gaza is among the most shocking ever captured, independent MP Andrew Wilkie says.
The footage, filmed by civilians during the Festival of Sacrifice in October, shows tagged Australian bulls and cows being kicked, stabbed and shot while being dragged - with legs bound - through streets and makeshift slaughterhouses as crowds cheer.
The most disturbing footage shows a bound animal stabbed in the eye, while another is knee-capped with bullets from an assault rifle.
Animals Australia said the abuse was sickening and in breach of Australia's live export regulations.
"There are no words to adequately describe the carnage in these videos and the scale of abuse endured by Australian cattle," Animals Australia campaign director Lyn White said.
"It is shocking and completely harrowing to watch.
"Any politician or industry supporter who has propagated the industry's clever PR line that we can improve animal welfare by being in the market should be locked in a room and forced to watch an hour of footage from Gaza."
The animal welfare agency said the footage had been provided to all MPs and Senators.
It has lodged a legal complaint about the abuse - the third in two months following breaches of regulations in Jordan and Mauritius.
Mr Wilkie said the barbaric treatment of Australian livestock in overseas markets must stop.
"Gaza is just the latest in a long line of revelations which show clearly that Australia's so-called supply chain assurance is failing," Mr Wilkie said.
"If the government doesn't have the backbone to stop the trade altogether, then it should at least commit to ban or refuse permits to all companies that have demonstrated a continuing disregard for animal welfare."
Livestock Shipping Services (LSS), the largest cattle exporter into Israel, self-reported potential breaches of Australia's live export regulations in Gaza last month.
LSS is already under investigation for breaches in Jordan in June and October.
