GAZA, (PIC)
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor has stressed that the repeated casualties resulting from the dropping of aid from aircrafts or during unsecured entry of aid trucks into northern Gaza requires urgent intervention from the international community.
In a statement, the Euro-Med called for finding appropriate mechanisms to deliver aid to Gaza City and its north to ensure that it reaches the hungry people in a way that preserves their dignity and saves their lives.
The statement pointed out that 12 Palestinians drowned Monday after being entangled with ropes of parachutes of aid parcels dropped by planes and falling into the sea in northern Gaza. Seven of them were recovered and five others went missing.
The Euro-Med confirmed that at least one Palestinian had been killed and at least one injured during a stampede for aid packages dropped by planes the same day into northern Gaza.
It stated that it had previously documented the martyrdom of at least ten people in separate incidents because of direct falling of aid packages in Gaza and its north since the start of dropping aid in recent weeks, in addition to a similar fall of packages causing the destruction of solar panels at the Baptist Hospital in Gaza City.
The Euro-Med noted that many of the recorded injuries took place in the stampede to obtain aid airdrops, as famine forces residents to scramble for the sake of getting some aid boxes to feed their hungry children and families.
The human rights organization warned against the Israeli occupation army’s continued shooting at those who gather waiting for aid, which has so far led to the martyrdom of at least 563 people and the injury of hundreds of others.
The Euro-Med also stressed the importance of increasing and diversifying the means of bringing aid into the Gaza Strip, especially the Gaza and North Gaza governorates, stressing the need to provide mechanisms that protect residents and guarantee their dignity.
