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The platform "Documenting the Targeting and Destruction of the Health Sector in the Gaza Strip" presents accurate and detailed information about the Israeli assault on health during the genocidal war. This includes data on the attacks on healthcare facilities and health workers who have been killed, abducted, tortured, and maimed by Israeli forces during the genocide, and relevant statements by international organizations and healthcare institutions. These are complemented by original analysis by researchers and authors covering a range of issues in the targeting of the health sector, through which Israeli occupation forces have created a "war biosphere". Read more

Israeli army executes an elderly Palestinian after using him in propaganda campaign about its ‘safe corridor’ in Gaza

Geneva – The Israeli army’s execution of an elderly Palestinian after using him in a propaganda campaign promoting its “safe corridor” in Gaza was strongly condemned in a statement released by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor today.


 

Israel turns Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza into detention center
International investigation must be opened into Israel’s absurd narrative about Al-Shifa Medical Complex

Geneva – In a new statement released today, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor called for an independent international investigation into Israel’s absurd claims that Palestinian groups were using Al-Shifa Medical Complex and other hospitals in the Gaza Strip for military purposes.


 

Friday 17 November: Twenty thousand Palestinians believed to be killed in Israel’s genocide of Gaza

Geneva – As the war on the Gaza Strip enters its seventh week, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said today that the death toll from Israel’s genocide campaign has likely risen to 20,000 dead Palestinians, including those missing under the rubble with little hope of survival.


 

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.


 

Israel conducts executions in Shifa Hospital, uses its staff as human shields
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.

 

No safe haven for media professionals: 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.


 

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.


 

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.


 


 

Palestinian Ministry of Health (Gaza Strip)
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)