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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

Israel’s targeting of thousands of displaced Gazans in Khan Yunis is further evidence of its genocide

Geneva - The Israeli army’s targeting of thousands of displaced people in the area of Al-Mawasi, west of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip—which was previously designated as a safe zone—constitutes a perpetuation of its ongoing genocide in the Strip, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said in a statement issued on Tuesday. The rights group said this targeting serves as further evidence of Israel’s attempt to implement its forced displacement plan and give the people of Gaza the impression that there is nowhere safe for them to live.

 

Following the death of an infant, Euro-Med Monitor warns of growing number of Palestinian victims of Israeli starvation campaign

Geneva – The number of Palestinian victims of Israeli starvation in the Gaza Strip is poised to grow, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor warned in a new statement, particularly among children and the elderly. The rights group said that Israel is using starvation as a weapon in its genocidal war against the Gazan people, ongoing since 7 October 2023.

 

Gaza: International community must heed calls to stop Israel’s deliberate killing of starving civilians

Geneva – The latest instance of the Israeli army opening direct fire on Palestinians waiting for humanitarian supplies to enter Gaza City and the Strip’s northern areas has resulted in the killing of 20 people and injury of numerous others. The horrific crime was strongly denounced by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, which called it part of the Israeli strategy to starve and terrorise civilians across the Gaza Strip and impose additional restrictions on the entry and distribution of the already limited aid allowed to enter the besieged enclave.

 

Gaza: Israeli army executes two brothers who were following orders to evacuate Khan Yunis

Geneva - Israeli army forces continue to intentionally target civilians, carrying out premeditated murders and arbitrary extrajudicial executions, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said in a statement issued Friday. The rights group called attention to Israel’s massive attack in the west of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, and deemed it part of their genocide in the Gaza Strip, ongoing since 7 October 2023.

 

Residents in the southern Gaza Strip subjected to widespread murder and abuse by Israeli army, pushing them to forced displacement

Geneva - The Israeli army is expanding the scope of forced displacement in the southern Gaza Strip’s Khan Yunis Governorate, with mass killing, destruction, and comprehensive abuse, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said in a statement on Sunday, citing the widespread violence as evidence of Israel’s genocidal war against Palestinian civilians, ongoing since 7 October 2023,

 

Two days after ICJ ruling, Euro-Med Monitor says Israel has maintained its rate of killing in Gaza

Geneva – Forty-eight hours after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Israel to take action to stop the crime of genocide against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor stressed that the Israeli army has maintained its rate of killing civilians. The rights group added that Israel has also ramped up its efforts to starve them as well as forcibly displace them from their homes in the Strip.

 

Statistics on the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip (07 October - 03 February 2024)
Four months into Gaza genocide: Israel’s horrific targeting of civilians, purposeful destruction continues

Geneva - Approximately 110,000 Palestinians are reported killed, missing, and injured, leaving many suffering long-term disabilities, four months into Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said in a statement issued Sunday.

 

New testimonies detail torture and abuse of Gazan detainees in Israeli jails, detention centres

Geneva – New testimonies received by Euro-Med Human Right Monitor from recently-released Palestinian detainees from the Gaza Strip, including women and children, detail their subjection to torture and ill-treatment by Israeli authorities. The rights organisation cited revelations of crimes such as forced nudity, sexual harassment, and threats of sexual torture, calling for urgent international action to stop these violations.

 

Israel attacks remaining medical infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, further reducing Palestinians’ chances of survival

Geneva - As it enters the fifth month of its genocidal war against the Gaza Strip, Israel has not stopped targeting what is left of the health system there and is sabotaging any chance it may have to save Palestinian lives by firing and bombarding hospitals, ambulances, and medical teams, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said in a statement issued Friday.

 

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)