GENEVA, (PIC)
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said that the Israeli occupation army is escalating its targeting of all aspects of life and fundamental elements of existence in the governorates of Gaza and the northern Gaza Strip, to turn them into an unlivable place to push their residents to forcibly migrate towards the southern governorates.
The Euro-Med added in a statement on Saturday that “In the tenth month of its continuing crime of genocide, the Israeli occupation army is intensifying its attacks with mass killings, starvation, deprivation of medical care, intimidation, arbitrary arrests, torture, and forced evacuations.”
“Israeli airstrikes against the Gaza Strip have expanded to target ever more basic aspects of daily life. These include direct targeting of vendors at their stands, Internet distribution centers, and areas where people gather, including where women fill water containers or prepare food, in addition to the ongoing targeting of homes and shelter centers,” it noted.
The human rights organization said, “Blocking any attempt to restore even the barest necessities of life in Gaza City and North Gaza governorates, the Israeli army appears to aim to force residents to comply with the orders it continues to issue to evacuate all inhabitants of the two governorates.”
“The IOF sent voice messages to residents of these two governorates, requesting that they evacuate to the south of the Gaza Valley amid the ongoing airstrikes and artillery shelling,” the Euro-Med added.
It revealed that it had received testimonies that “the Israeli army tracks individuals moving through the designated passageways on Salah al-Din Road and Al-Rashid Street in Gaza City using electronic monitoring equipment.”
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor stressed that “Residents are being directed to relocate to the central Gaza Strip by the Israeli army, which last week intensified aerial bombardment of the area and launched dozens of raids that resulted in the deaths of over 160 people, most of them women and children, and including a sizable number of displaced individuals.”
The human rights body stated that “Israel plans to exterminate the Gaza Strip’s population by starvation and murder, as well as the destruction of all fundamental elements of existence, including attacking the UN headquarters and its shelters and carrying out mass killings there, all of which are unquestionably international crimes.”
