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As dead bodies remain scattered in streets and under rubble, a new health disaster looms over Gaza

Geneva - A health disaster looms in the Gaza Strip, warned Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, as dead bodies remain scattered in the streets and under the rubble of buildings destroyed by the Israeli aggression, which is in its seventh week now. The rights organisation pointed to the risk of diseases, such as cholera and disorders of the immune system, spreading throughout the Strip.

The humanitarian situation is dramatically deteriorating in the Gaza Strip due to the lack of access to water, electricity, and equipment needed to bury the bodies of the dead. This constitutes a dangerous threat to public health and the environment, Euro-Med Monitor stated, and may serve as breeding grounds not only for infectious and communicable diseases, but also for skin and respiratory problems.

Euro-Med Monitor estimated that 4,150 people are missing beneath the debris of buildings hit by Israeli air and artillery strikes, with little hope of survival. Hundreds of additional bodies that cannot be recovered remain on the roads, particularly in areas where the Israeli army has conducted ground incursions.

Press release: http://euromedmonitor.org/a/5959
Israel’s horrific targeting of shelter centres aims to massacre, forcibly displace Palestinians

Geneva - The Israeli army's horrific targeting of shelter centres housing thousands of displaced Palestinians in various areas of the Gaza Strip was strongly condemned by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, which warned of Israel’s intent to ethnically cleanse the Strip.

Euro-Med Monitor stated that over the past 48 hours, Israel has intensified its air and artillery attacks against shelter centres—particularly UN-run schools—which may amount to war crimes and serious violations of international humanitarian law.

The rights organisation cited the intensive bombing of Al-Fakhoura School in the northern Jabalia camp as well as Tal Al-Zaatar and Abu Hussein schools in the town of Beit Lahia town, also located in northern Gaza, which followed the targeting of two Gaza City schools (Al-Falah and Al-Mawhibin). These school attacks have resulted in 580 deaths, plus the injury of hundreds more.

Press release: http://euromedmonitor.org/a/5960
Israel conducts executions in Shifa Hospital, uses its stuff as human shields

The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor expresses shock over the Israeli army’s decision to carry out executions against wounded Palestinians during the forced evacuation of the Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City and to use its administration as human lessons.

Euro-Med team received testimonies affirming that the Israeli army's used members of the Shifa Complex administration as human shields to conduct an extensive combing and search operation in the hospital departments before carrying out horrific mass field executions.

According to the testimonies, the Israeli army appointed Dr. Marwan Abu Saada, director of the Surgical Hospital in the Shifa Complex, to negotiate on behalf of the hospital’s administration to arrange the forced evacuation mechanisms.

Press release: http://euromedmonitor.org/a/5962
No safe haven for media proffesionals: Israel’s genocide of Gazans results in highest rate of journalist deaths in modern history

Geneva – Amidst its 44-day genocide of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Israel has launched a killing spree against journalists there, deliberately targeting media professionals and offices in an attempt to impose a real and comprehensive media blackout on the entire Strip, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said in a statement today.

As of Sunday 19 November, the Israeli military has killed 59 Palestinian journalists and injured dozens more, said Euro-Med Monitor. The organisation called it the highest-ever rate of journalists killed in wars or conflicts in modern history. The killed journalists all belong to media groups operating in the Gaza Strip, and include a correspondent for Palestine TV, members of the official Palestinian news agency, and others working for local and international media outlets and institutions.

Israel’s escalation against journalists has been accompanied by public incitement by Israeli ministers and officials, who made unfounded and illogical claims that journalists had knowledge of the 7 October attack in southern Israel. Notably, former Israeli ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon called for photojournalists in Gaza to be added to the list of participants in the 7 October operation and be “eliminated” by the Israeli army.

Press release: http://euromedmonitor.org/a/5963
As part of its genocidal war in Gaza, Israel destroys Palestinians’ cultural heritage

Geneva - Israel has deliberately destroyed archaeological monuments in the Gaza Strip as part of its ongoing bloody war in an explicit targeting of Palestinian cultural heritage, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said in a statement issued on Monday.

Israeli air and artillery attacks have targeted many prominent historical sites important to the cultural heritage of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, said Euro-Med Monitor. This has included archaeological sites, historical buildings, places of worship, and museums, and has caused great destruction.

Euro-Med Monitor stressed that international humanitarian law prohibits in all circumstances the deliberate targeting of cultural and religious sites, which do not constitute legitimate military objectives nor an imperative military necessity. The Geneva-based rights organisation cited the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict as well as the Second Protocol to the Convention of 1999.


Press release: http://euromedmonitor.org/a/5965
Deep concerns raised over the fate of dozens of medical staff, injured people in Al-Shifa Hospital

Geneva – In a new statement released today, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor expressed deep concern over the fate of dozens of medical personnel and injured and sick people who have been trapped in the Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza during the Israeli 46-day-long military operation.

The Euro-Med Monitor team reported that there has been no contact or communication with all those trapped in the Al-Shifa Medical Complex for the past 48 hours. One of the doctors confirmed, before contact with him was lost, that they were subjected to a rough investigation and interrogation that included harassment, ill-treatment, stressing that they were used by members of the Israeli army as human shields. The doctor further affirmed that the medical staff were subjected to individual interrogations for long hours amid widespread destruction and sabotage of all departments in the medical facility.

For the sixth day in a row, the Israeli army has persisted in its military assault on the Al-Shifa Medical Complex, trapping at least 259 injured and sick people in the facility along with 19 medical personnel amid a severe lack of water, electricity, and medical supplies. There are two patients in critical care, 22 patients receiving dialysis, 32 patients who require stretchers, and 27 patients with spinal injuries. It is important to note that Al-Shifa Hospital is no longer operating and does not accept new patients.

Press release: http://euromedmonitor.org/a/5968
Euro-Med Monitor to UN: Recognise Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide

Geneva - In an open letter to the United Nations, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor highlighted that 2.5% of the Gaza Strip’s total population has now been killed or injured in the bloody Israeli attacks.

Addressing UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Euro-Med Monitor called for official recognition of Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide, in reference to the critical situation unfolding in the Strip since 7 October.
The Geneva-based organisation stated that the aforementioned percentage of victims in Gaza—which is home to about 2.3 million people—would be equivalent to approximately 18 million European victims or 11 million Arab victims.

According to Euro-Med Monitor estimates, 17,144 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip, including 7,208 children, 3,716 women, and a total of 15,482 civilians. More than 33,830 Palestinians in Gaza have sustained various injuries.

Press release: http://euromedmonitor.org/a/5970
WFP chief Cindy McCain should be fired for unethical breach of neutrality

Geneva - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director Cindy McCain should be expelled following her participation in a forum to collect donations for the Israeli army, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said in a statement today, amid growing criticism of WFP operations given the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.

Euro-Med Monitor called McCain’s participation in—and her front-row seat at—Canada’s Halifax International Security Forum, which took place from November 17 to 19, deeply concerning. The push to raise money for the Israeli army, said the rights group, stands in stark contrast to the intentional starvation campaign that Gazan civilians are being subjected to during the 46-day Israeli war on the Strip.

The Halifax Forum for International Security is an annual international security conference that draws military officials, United States senators, diplomats, and researchers. Its stunning decision to present this year’s award to the Israeli people and army comes at a time when Israel has cut off all food, water, and life supplies since the first days of its genocidal war on Gaza.


Press release: http://euromedmonitor.org/a/5972
Jordanian, Egyptian rescue crews should be sent to Gaza to recover victims’ bodies

Geneva - Jordanian and Egyptian rescue crews must be sent to the Gaza Strip, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor demanded Wednesday, to support efforts to recover the bodies of victims and look for missing people under the debris of destroyed buildings. The human rights organisation pointed to similar prior assistance efforts by Jordan and Egypt in other areas of the world.

Euro-Med Monitor emphasised the importance of taking advantage of the four-day temporary humanitarian truce agreed upon today in order to support relief efforts in the Strip, especially those aimed at recovering confirmed victims’ and missing people’s bodies. It estimated that there are more than 6,000 missing people under the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israeli air and artillery strikes over the course of 46 days of the ongoing bloody war on the Gaza Strip.

Press release: http://euromedmonitor.org/a/5973
Arrests reported in Bahrain, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia over pro-Gaza rallies

Geneva – In a new statement released Thursday, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor condemned a series of political arrests in Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Saudi Arabia intended to stifle freedom of expression.

Euro-Med Monitor has documented several arrests and summonses carried out by the Bahraini, Emirati, and Saudi authorities that are apparently linked to individuals expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people in light of the ongoing Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.

In Bahrain, repressive measures have been taken against pro-Gaza protesters and attendees of popular gatherings that took place in various areas of the country in solidarity with the Palestinian people and demanding an end to the Manama-Tel Aviv normalisation deal.

Press release: http://euromedmonitor.org/a/5976
Imminent truce must be used to strengthen int’l, human rights, media presence in Gaza

Geneva – Ahead of the first temporary humanitarian truce agreement in the Gaza Strip going into effect, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor called for the formation of international human rights committees that would visit the Strip and document the magnitude of Israel’s crimes against Palestinian civilians.

Euro-Med Monitor emphasised that any United Nations fact-finding committees sent to investigate the situation in Gaza should gather victim testimonies in person and ascertain the rapidly worsening humanitarian situation with their own eyes.

The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court should be tasked with taking the lead in this regard, said the rights organisation. It should be expected to dispatch representatives to conduct field visits in the Gaza Strip, in order to speak with victims and witnesses and oversee investigations at the scene of the crimes.

Press release: http://euromedmonitor.org/a/5977
Int’l committee must investigate Israel’s holding of dead bodies in Gaza​

Geneva - The Israeli army has been holding the bodies of dozens of Palestinians killed during its genocide in the Gaza Strip beginning on 7 October, and Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has called for the creation of an independent international investigation committee into organ theft suspicions.

Euro-Med Monitor has documented the Israeli army’s confiscation of dozens of dead bodies from Al-Shifa Medical Complex and the Indonesian Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, and others from the vicinity of the so-called “safe corridor” (Salah al-Din Road) designated for displaced people heading to the central and southern parts of the Strip.

Press release: http://euromedmonitor.org/a/5982
Horrific scenes unfolding in UN-run shelters for displaced people in Gaza

Geneva - Horrific scenes are unfolding in UN-run shelters for Palestinian refugees as inhumane conditions prevail in the Gaza Strip, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said in a statement issued Sunday, expressing shock and deep concern over the international community’s possibly deliberate evasion of its duty to protect civilian lives.

Nearly 900,000 out of the more than 1.7 million internally displaced people in Gaza, or nearly 80% of the Strip’s population, live in shelters run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), according to Euro-Med Monitor. About 99 UNRWA facilities, all in the south of the Gaza Valley, are housing displaced Palestinians.

Press release: http://euromedmonitor.org/a/5984
Int'l committee must be formed to investigate Israeli army’s abandonment of five infants, now dead, alone in Gaza hospital

Geneva - An independent international investigation committee must be established to look into the deaths of five newborn Palestinian children, said Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, left on their own after medical staff were forcibly evacuated by the Israeli army from Al-Nasr Hospital for Children in Gaza.

According to Euro-Med Monitor’s documentation, the five infants were abandoned for three weeks before being found dead. Their bodies were discovered in a decomposing state in the Al-Nasr Hospital nursery, in what may amount to a horrifying execution and a crime against humanity.

http://euromedmonitor.org/a/5987
ICC’s credibility is waning following its attorney general’s secret visit to Israeli settlements


Geneva – In a new statement issued today, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor expressed shock at International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan’s failure to take any practical action regarding the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly the Gaza Strip, in what appears to be a case of clear double standards and possible political subordination.

Euro-Med Monitor said that in light of the extraordinarily high level of documentation—unparalleled in history—of the Israeli wars on Gaza, which fit all definitions of genocide under international law, Khan’s selective vision is a shameful affront to justice. The rights group connected his view of the situation in Gaza to a resolution issued by the UN Security Council giving only certain countries decision-making authority.

Press release: http://euromedmonitor.org/a/5990
Gaza witnesses bloodiest day yet of Israeli massacres

Geneva - In an escalation of its bloody attacks on the Gaza Strip, Israel has committed mass murder by massacring entire residential blocks, resulting in over 1,000 people killed, wounded, or reported missing, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said on Sunday.

Yesterday marked the bloodiest day in the Gaza Strip since Israel began its genocide on 7 October, according to Euro-Med Monitor. This feeds fears of an even more ruthless approach to achieving chilling field and political objectives at the cost of civilians’ lives and property.

Press release: http://euromedmonitor.org/a/5994