Israeli aggression on Gaza turned it into hellhole: Euro-Med Monitor
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The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor says civilians in Gaza are moving from one death to another in inhumane conditions.
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A Palestinian boy sits on the rubble of his building destroyed in an Israeli occupation airstrike in al-Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor stated that "Israel's relentless aerial and artillery attacks on the Gaza Strip have turned it into a hellhole where death and destruction prevail in extremely complex humanitarian conditions, without any basic life services."
Earlier, the Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed that the number of Palestinians killed in the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has reached more than 2,700 martyrs, with around 10,000 injuries.
In a report published on its website, the Monitor said it documented the killing of at least 14 Palestinians every hour on the eighth day of the Israeli aggression on Gaza, which included the dropping of more than 6,000 bombs on the densely populated area of over two million people, equivalent to a quarter of a nuclear bomb.
The Monitor pointed out that civilians in Gaza are without shelter and are moving from one death to another in inhumane conditions.
It added that basic services like electricity, water, communications, and internet have been disrupted, causing unprecedented and critically dangerous food insecurity.
This is genocide and ethnic cleansing.
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According to the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor, the Israeli occupation "continues to intensify its airstrikes and artillery attacks all over the Gaza Strip, including the complete destruction of residential neighborhoods, resulting in the annihilation of at least 82 families in horrific collective killings."
The Monitor highlighted that "Israel's attacks also caused destruction to at least 71 schools, the destruction of 145 industrial facilities, 61 media headquarters, the demolition of 18 mosques, and the damage to dozens of ancient churches and mosques."
The report said that the Israeli aggression on the Strip led to "the displacement of over 820,000 individuals to UN-affiliated schools, governmental schools, and the homes of relatives and neighbors."
It added that "more than 450,000 people were displaced after their homes were destroyed or damaged in Israeli air raids."
"In the absence of a safe haven, tens of thousands of civilians sought refuge in hospitals to protect themselves from Israel's attacks, with over 35,000 people taking shelter in the Shifa Medical Complex alone."
The report stressed that evacuation notices for civilians in Gaza were issued without announcing a cessation of airstrikes or aerial attacks, and without any safety or return guarantees.
This, according to the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor, amounts to a war crime of forced displacement.
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