Following death of three patients, concerns raised about Israeli detention of medical personnel at Al-Shifa Medical Complex
Palestinian Territory - Horrific testimonies have been received by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor regarding the slow death faced by dozens of sick and injured Palestinians at Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Medical Complex. The hospital has been the target of a massive military operation by the Israeli army for the fourth day in a row now.
According to the testimonies, the Israeli army has confined all doctors and nurses in an unknown location inside Al-Shifa Complex in an effort to prevent them from carrying out their duties. Meanwhile, the sick and injured have been denied access to medical treatment and medication, resulting in the deaths of at least three patients in the past few hours.
Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/6234
Palestinian Territory - Horrific testimonies have been received by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor regarding the slow death faced by dozens of sick and injured Palestinians at Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Medical Complex. The hospital has been the target of a massive military operation by the Israeli army for the fourth day in a row now.
According to the testimonies, the Israeli army has confined all doctors and nurses in an unknown location inside Al-Shifa Complex in an effort to prevent them from carrying out their duties. Meanwhile, the sick and injured have been denied access to medical treatment and medication, resulting in the deaths of at least three patients in the past few hours.
Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/6234
Israeli forces are brutally targeting civilians in Gaza City, burning homes near Shifa Medical Complex
Palestinian Territories - Israel is conducting a horrific campaign of bloodshed against Palestinian civilians in Gaza City, burning their homes and properties, in a dangerous escalation of the genocide being committed against the residents of the Strip since 7 October 2023.
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has documented shocking testimonies about a series of crimes systematically committed by Israeli forces in Gaza over the past 24 hours, including deliberate killings, extrajudicial executions, communication cutoffs, and intense shelling targeting areas and homes surrounding the al-Shifa Medical Complex. This complex has been under comprehensive military attack for the fifth consecutive day and serves as a shelter for thousands of displaced Palestinian families.
Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6236
Palestinian Territories - Israel is conducting a horrific campaign of bloodshed against Palestinian civilians in Gaza City, burning their homes and properties, in a dangerous escalation of the genocide being committed against the residents of the Strip since 7 October 2023.
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has documented shocking testimonies about a series of crimes systematically committed by Israeli forces in Gaza over the past 24 hours, including deliberate killings, extrajudicial executions, communication cutoffs, and intense shelling targeting areas and homes surrounding the al-Shifa Medical Complex. This complex has been under comprehensive military attack for the fifth consecutive day and serves as a shelter for thousands of displaced Palestinian families.
Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6236
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"I and 150 patients are in one room inside the hospital. Our wounds are severe and have started to get infected, and there are only 3 nurses who can't do much for us. The soldiers took a nurse for interrogation and killed him, leaving us without food except very small amounts that are not enough for us."
A patient in the Shifa Medical Complex
A patient in the Shifa Medical Complex
Tunisia: Government’s repression escalates, targeting freedoms and peaceful assembly
Geneva - Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor expresses deep concern over the dangerous expansion of government repression in Tunisia, aimed at consolidating the ban on public freedoms and restricting various forms of peaceful assembly, whether on political or livelihood-related issues.
The Tunisian authorities continue their repressive measures, extending the deteriorating human rights situation in the country since 2021, when President Kais Said imposed "exceptional" measures, such as dissolving the elected parliament and isolating the government as "necessary steps to save Tunisia from years of chaos," according to a previous statement by the president.
Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/6240
Geneva - Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor expresses deep concern over the dangerous expansion of government repression in Tunisia, aimed at consolidating the ban on public freedoms and restricting various forms of peaceful assembly, whether on political or livelihood-related issues.
The Tunisian authorities continue their repressive measures, extending the deteriorating human rights situation in the country since 2021, when President Kais Said imposed "exceptional" measures, such as dissolving the elected parliament and isolating the government as "necessary steps to save Tunisia from years of chaos," according to a previous statement by the president.
Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/6240
Report: Israel continues to violate ICJ ruling on Gaza
Geneva – Over the course of the two months that followed the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling, Israel did not abide by the order and continued to commit genocide against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. The genocide has been ongoing since 7 October 2023, amid a total lack of accountability and a complete international failure to protect the Palestinian people from the crime.
A newly released report by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor titled “Two Months after the International Court of Justice’s Ruling on Gaza: Escalation in Genocide and Absence of Accountability” contains documentation of Israel’s ongoing acts of genocide against the Palestinian people in the Strip. The report examines Israel’s lack of response to the Court’s ruling, which ordered Israel to take six provisional measures.
Report: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/6242
Geneva – Over the course of the two months that followed the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling, Israel did not abide by the order and continued to commit genocide against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. The genocide has been ongoing since 7 October 2023, amid a total lack of accountability and a complete international failure to protect the Palestinian people from the crime.
A newly released report by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor titled “Two Months after the International Court of Justice’s Ruling on Gaza: Escalation in Genocide and Absence of Accountability” contains documentation of Israel’s ongoing acts of genocide against the Palestinian people in the Strip. The report examines Israel’s lack of response to the Court’s ruling, which ordered Israel to take six provisional measures.
Report: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/6242
After surviving Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, Palestinians are being killed by disorderly entry of international aid
Given the Israeli crime of genocide that has been ongoing since 7 October 2023, the international community must act quickly to determine appropriate mechanisms to ensure that humanitarian supplies reach the hungry and impoverished in a way that preserves their dignity and lives. This is especially important in light of repeated casualties in Gaza City and the Strip’s north that have been brought on by the dropping of supplies from planes or trucks without providing insurance to secure recipients’ safety.
Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/6245
Given the Israeli crime of genocide that has been ongoing since 7 October 2023, the international community must act quickly to determine appropriate mechanisms to ensure that humanitarian supplies reach the hungry and impoverished in a way that preserves their dignity and lives. This is especially important in light of repeated casualties in Gaza City and the Strip’s north that have been brought on by the dropping of supplies from planes or trucks without providing insurance to secure recipients’ safety.
Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/6245
In a week, Israeli army executes 13 children in and near Al-Shifa Hospital
Palestinian Territory - In blatant violation of international law, particularly international humanitarian law, the Israeli army has executed 13 children by direct shooting in Al-Shifa Medical Complex and its Gaza City environs. This is a war crime and a crime against humanity, and is part of the genocide that the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip having been experiencing for the past six months.
For over a week now, the Israeli army has been conducting systematic and horrifying military operations inside and around Al-Shifa Medical Complex. These crimes include extrajudicial executions and deliberate killings of Palestinian civilians. The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor field team has received identical testimonies about the killings and executions of Palestinian children between the ages of four and 16.
Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/6246
Palestinian Territory - In blatant violation of international law, particularly international humanitarian law, the Israeli army has executed 13 children by direct shooting in Al-Shifa Medical Complex and its Gaza City environs. This is a war crime and a crime against humanity, and is part of the genocide that the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip having been experiencing for the past six months.
For over a week now, the Israeli army has been conducting systematic and horrifying military operations inside and around Al-Shifa Medical Complex. These crimes include extrajudicial executions and deliberate killings of Palestinian civilians. The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor field team has received identical testimonies about the killings and executions of Palestinian children between the ages of four and 16.
Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/6246
New ICJ ruling ordering ‘unhindered’ aid ‘at scale’ for Gaza is welcomed by Euro-Med Monitor
Palestinian Territory - New provisional measures issued today by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) are welcomed by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor. The ICJ has stated that Israel must take all necessary and effective measures to ensure, without delay, and in full cooperation with the United Nations, “the unhindered provision at scale by all concerned of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance” to Palestinians throughout the Gaza Strip.
The fresh ICJ order observes that Palestinians in Gaza are no longer facing only the risk of famine, but that famine is setting in, and that the pre-January catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Strip has further deteriorated. The Court says that its earlier orders did not fully address the consequences arising from the changes in the situation in the Gaza Strip.
Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/6249
Palestinian Territory - New provisional measures issued today by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) are welcomed by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor. The ICJ has stated that Israel must take all necessary and effective measures to ensure, without delay, and in full cooperation with the United Nations, “the unhindered provision at scale by all concerned of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance” to Palestinians throughout the Gaza Strip.
The fresh ICJ order observes that Palestinians in Gaza are no longer facing only the risk of famine, but that famine is setting in, and that the pre-January catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Strip has further deteriorated. The Court says that its earlier orders did not fully address the consequences arising from the changes in the situation in the Gaza Strip.
Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/6249
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After surviving Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, Palestinians are being killed by disorderly entry of international aid
Fresh testimonies of Israeli army-perpetrated robberies, looting around Al-Shifa Medical Complex
Palestinian Territory – Israel’s army has committed numerous thefts and robberies of Palestinian residents’ property, among other crimes that continue for the second consecutive week in the vicinity of Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Medical Complex.
The Israeli army has been conducting a massive military assault on Al-Shifa Medical Complex and the surrounding areas, in the west of Gaza City, since 18 March. During this operation, Israel’s army has committed a number of crimes, including extrajudicial executions, murder, physical liquidations, and arbitrary arrests. Additionally, fresh testimonies have surfaced, exposing the involvement of Israeli forces in stealing cash and valuable property from Palestinian homes after forcibly evacuating their owners.
Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/6253
Palestinian Territory – Israel’s army has committed numerous thefts and robberies of Palestinian residents’ property, among other crimes that continue for the second consecutive week in the vicinity of Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Medical Complex.
The Israeli army has been conducting a massive military assault on Al-Shifa Medical Complex and the surrounding areas, in the west of Gaza City, since 18 March. During this operation, Israel’s army has committed a number of crimes, including extrajudicial executions, murder, physical liquidations, and arbitrary arrests. Additionally, fresh testimonies have surfaced, exposing the involvement of Israeli forces in stealing cash and valuable property from Palestinian homes after forcibly evacuating their owners.
Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/6253
Al-Shifa Medical Complex Witnesses One of the Largest Massacres in Palestinian History
Palestinian Territory - The Israeli army carried out a massive, shockingly horrific military operation in Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City over the course of the past two weeks, indiscriminately targeting and attacking Palestinians regardless of their civilian status, professional standing, gender, age, or health condition.
Though the exact number of casualties from the atrocity is still unknown, preliminary reports suggest that over 1,500 Palestinians have been killed, injured, or are reported missing as a result of the massacre at Al-Shifa, with women and children making up half of the casualties. Euro-Med Monitor is able to confirm from its initial investigation and testimonies that hundreds of dead bodies, including some burned, and others with their heads and limbs severed, have been discovered both inside Al-Shifa Medical Complex and in the hospital’s surrounding area.
Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/6254
Palestinian Territory - The Israeli army carried out a massive, shockingly horrific military operation in Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City over the course of the past two weeks, indiscriminately targeting and attacking Palestinians regardless of their civilian status, professional standing, gender, age, or health condition.
Though the exact number of casualties from the atrocity is still unknown, preliminary reports suggest that over 1,500 Palestinians have been killed, injured, or are reported missing as a result of the massacre at Al-Shifa, with women and children making up half of the casualties. Euro-Med Monitor is able to confirm from its initial investigation and testimonies that hundreds of dead bodies, including some burned, and others with their heads and limbs severed, have been discovered both inside Al-Shifa Medical Complex and in the hospital’s surrounding area.
Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/6254
Euro-Med Monitor to UNHRC: Address Israel’s violations of ICJ provisional measures
Geneva - Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor and Youth for the SGDs convened a crucial event at the United Nations Human Rights Council last week, titled “Examining Israel’s non-compliance with the ICJ provisional measures”. The event brought together experts and advocates to shed light on the ongoing Israeli violations of international law and human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Balakrishnan Rajagopal, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing, highlighted the shortcomings of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling, particularly regarding Israel’s claims of self-defense and the threshold for defining genocide. He expressed disappointment in the vagueness of the provisional measures and emphasised the urgent need for concrete actions to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
More about the activity: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/6260
Geneva - Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor and Youth for the SGDs convened a crucial event at the United Nations Human Rights Council last week, titled “Examining Israel’s non-compliance with the ICJ provisional measures”. The event brought together experts and advocates to shed light on the ongoing Israeli violations of international law and human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Balakrishnan Rajagopal, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing, highlighted the shortcomings of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling, particularly regarding Israel’s claims of self-defense and the threshold for defining genocide. He expressed disappointment in the vagueness of the provisional measures and emphasised the urgent need for concrete actions to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
More about the activity: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/6260
Gaza: Al-Shifa Medical Complex massacre provides proof that the Israeli army engaged in full-fledged crimes
Palestinian Territory - The Israeli massacre of Palestinians in Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Medical Complex and its environs, the consequences of which are still unfolding almost two weeks later, demonstrates that the army committed complete and self-evident war crimes and crimes against humanity. These crimes include carrying out killings and unlawful executions of civilians and attempting to conceal evidence by burying victims’ bodies and even disfiguring them in the hospital courtyard.
Members of the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor field team were present inside Al-Shifa Medical Complex during the Israeli army’s attack and its aftermath. About a week after the end of the military operation, during the recovery of dozens of victims’ remains, Euro-Med Monitor documented horrific scenes of body parts strewn on the ground as well as human remains inside a large pit dug by Israeli forces in the courtyard of one of Al-Shifa’s hospitals.
Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/6263
Palestinian Territory - The Israeli massacre of Palestinians in Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Medical Complex and its environs, the consequences of which are still unfolding almost two weeks later, demonstrates that the army committed complete and self-evident war crimes and crimes against humanity. These crimes include carrying out killings and unlawful executions of civilians and attempting to conceal evidence by burying victims’ bodies and even disfiguring them in the hospital courtyard.
Members of the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor field team were present inside Al-Shifa Medical Complex during the Israeli army’s attack and its aftermath. About a week after the end of the military operation, during the recovery of dozens of victims’ remains, Euro-Med Monitor documented horrific scenes of body parts strewn on the ground as well as human remains inside a large pit dug by Israeli forces in the courtyard of one of Al-Shifa’s hospitals.
Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/6263
13,000 Palestinians reportedly missing in the Gaza Strip
Palestinian Territory - Urgent international action is needed to set up special mechanisms and specialised teams to remove debris from homes and buildings that Israel’s army has bombed, rescue those trapped alive under the rubble, and retrieve the thousands of dead bodies stuck under it since the genocide began on 7 October 2023.
Decisive international pressure on Israel is necessary to facilitate the labour of the individuals and crews working to remove this rubble, including civil defense crews. Pressure must also be put on Israel to release information on the fate of the thousands of Palestinian prisoners and detainees from the Gaza Strip who are being held by Israeli army forces, plus those who have been victims of murder, unlawful execution, and enforced disappearance in Israeli prisons and detention centres.
Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/6264
Palestinian Territory - Urgent international action is needed to set up special mechanisms and specialised teams to remove debris from homes and buildings that Israel’s army has bombed, rescue those trapped alive under the rubble, and retrieve the thousands of dead bodies stuck under it since the genocide began on 7 October 2023.
Decisive international pressure on Israel is necessary to facilitate the labour of the individuals and crews working to remove this rubble, including civil defense crews. Pressure must also be put on Israel to release information on the fate of the thousands of Palestinian prisoners and detainees from the Gaza Strip who are being held by Israeli army forces, plus those who have been victims of murder, unlawful execution, and enforced disappearance in Israeli prisons and detention centres.
Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/6264
Amid catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity in Gaza, Israel still preventing access to life-saving supplies
Palestinian Territory - Israel continues to obstruct the entry and distribution of basic humanitarian supplies into the Gaza Strip, especially the Gaza City and North Gaza governorates, threatening to exacerbate and deepen the widespread famine there. These two governorates house at least 300,000 people, according to United Nations estimates.
Israel’s restriction of humanitarian access into the Gaza Strip, particularly the Strip’s northern parts, and its impeding the timely delivery of life-saving food supplies is drastically worsening the already-dire food insecurity faced by the Palestinian population there. This puts them at risk of death from starvation, particularly given the rise in the number of children dying from acute malnutrition, hunger, and related diseases—28 children have died from hunger and malnutrition alone.
Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/6267
Palestinian Territory - Israel continues to obstruct the entry and distribution of basic humanitarian supplies into the Gaza Strip, especially the Gaza City and North Gaza governorates, threatening to exacerbate and deepen the widespread famine there. These two governorates house at least 300,000 people, according to United Nations estimates.
Israel’s restriction of humanitarian access into the Gaza Strip, particularly the Strip’s northern parts, and its impeding the timely delivery of life-saving food supplies is drastically worsening the already-dire food insecurity faced by the Palestinian population there. This puts them at risk of death from starvation, particularly given the rise in the number of children dying from acute malnutrition, hunger, and related diseases—28 children have died from hunger and malnutrition alone.
Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/6267
Israel keeps up its crimes of forced displacement, threatening to kill those who return home
Geneva - The Israeli army has targeted thousands of Palestinians who it had forcibly displaced, preventing them from going back to their areas of residence in the northern Gaza Strip by using live ammunition and artillery shells. This has resulted in dozens of deaths and injuries, including women and children, and forced the remaining Palestinians to return to their places of displacement.
The Israeli army deliberately attacked thousands of Palestinian civilians on Sunday, killing and wounding dozens of them, and continuing its crime of forced displacement by preventing civilians it had previously forced to evacuate, including women and children, from crossing from the centre and south of the Gaza Strip into their areas of residence in the northern regions, despite the end of hostilities in most of these regions. These actions may be considered crimes against humanity and war crimes.
Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/6269
Geneva - The Israeli army has targeted thousands of Palestinians who it had forcibly displaced, preventing them from going back to their areas of residence in the northern Gaza Strip by using live ammunition and artillery shells. This has resulted in dozens of deaths and injuries, including women and children, and forced the remaining Palestinians to return to their places of displacement.
The Israeli army deliberately attacked thousands of Palestinian civilians on Sunday, killing and wounding dozens of them, and continuing its crime of forced displacement by preventing civilians it had previously forced to evacuate, including women and children, from crossing from the centre and south of the Gaza Strip into their areas of residence in the northern regions, despite the end of hostilities in most of these regions. These actions may be considered crimes against humanity and war crimes.
Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/6269
Israeli army broadcasts intimidating sounds to lure, kill, and forcibly displace civilians in the Nuseirat camp
Geneva - As part of its ongoing genocide, which started on 7 October 2023, the Israeli army is using new disturbing techniques to intimidate, lure, and target Palestinian civilians in the central Gaza Strip’s Nuseirat refugee camp.
Testimonies from camp residents, which were provided to the Euro-Med Monitor team, confirm that the sound of women screaming and babies crying was heard late at night on both Sunday and Monday. When some of the residents went out to investigate and tried to help, they were shot at by Israeli quadcopter drones. The sounds they had heard were in fact recordings played by the Israeli drones, with the intent of forcing the camp’s residents out into the streets, where they could be easily targeted by snipers and other weaponry.
Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/6271
Geneva - As part of its ongoing genocide, which started on 7 October 2023, the Israeli army is using new disturbing techniques to intimidate, lure, and target Palestinian civilians in the central Gaza Strip’s Nuseirat refugee camp.
Testimonies from camp residents, which were provided to the Euro-Med Monitor team, confirm that the sound of women screaming and babies crying was heard late at night on both Sunday and Monday. When some of the residents went out to investigate and tried to help, they were shot at by Israeli quadcopter drones. The sounds they had heard were in fact recordings played by the Israeli drones, with the intent of forcing the camp’s residents out into the streets, where they could be easily targeted by snipers and other weaponry.
Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/6271