GAZA, (PIC)
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said on Friday that Israeli occupation forces (IOF) committed horrific atrocities against Palestinian civilians including willful killings, extensive destruction and burning of civilian buildings and homes, and forced evacuation as part of the ongoing crime of genocide for the tenth consecutive month.
Euro-Med Monitor confirmed in a press statement, that “the IOF launched numerous fire belts and engaged in indiscriminate shelling, stormed homes, and harassed residents. Reports indicated that over 60 people had been killed, with many bodies found in the streets and alleys.”
“We received preliminary information about IOF killing of a group of civilians, some of whom were families with all their members who were in the industry area, after storming their homes,” it added.
Euro-Med Monitor teams documented the Israeli army torturing and severely beating a 58-year-old man while he and several of his relatives were besieged for 12 hours in his home close to the industrial area.
According to documentation provided by Euro-Med Monitor teams, the Friends of the Patient Hospital was destroyed by the IOF for the second time, following its restoration approximately one month ago to serve the Gaza residents’ medical needs. The Israeli army also bombed the Al-Salam clinic, the only health center in the Al-Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City.
Additionally, testimonies were provided to Euro-Med Monitor regarding widespread thefts and robberies by the IOF soldiers during home raids and forced evacuation of the locals, including large amounts of money and valuables.
The IOF has been looting gold and cash from homes it raids and from residents it forced to relocate to the south of the Gaza Valley, where they were forced to leave their bags and all of their belongings seized by the Israeli soldiers
Euro-Med Monitor concluded by saying “a comprehensive and impartial international investigation is required into the serious crimes and violations committed by the Israeli army forces against the Gaza Strip’s population and their property. These crimes and violations amount to fully-fledged, self-contained war crimes and crimes against humanity.”
