GAZA, (PIC)
The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has reported a new massacre in which the Israeli occupation army killed dozens of Palestinians who were gathering in the Sudaniya Roundabout area in northwestern Gaza City, waiting for humanitarian aid after nearly 50 days of blockade.
The Euro-Med Monitor explained that Israeli army forces directly fired shells and live ammunition at dozens of Palestinian civilians who were waiting for aid trucks on the coastal road in northwestern Gaza City around 10 a.m. on Wednesday, November 13. When these individuals attempted to seek shelter in a nearby house, the Israeli forces bombed it, resulting in the deaths and injuries of many, and several others remain missing under the rubble.
An eyewitness confirmed that the occupation army targeted a group of civilians who had been suffering from starvation for weeks due to the Israeli army’s blockade preventing any aid or food supplies from entering Gaza City and the northern region. As they approached to obtain flour, the army bombarded them with shells and gunfire, prompting them to flee to a nearby two-story residential building. However, the Israeli army quickly bombed the building after they sought refuge there, leading to its destruction. Screams from survivors inside could be heard pleading for rescue, but rescue teams and civil defense personnel could not reach the area.
According to initial reports, around 200 people were gathered in the area, with approximately 70 killed or injured, while many others are still missing and trapped under the rubble. No rescue operations have yet been conducted due to the Israeli army’s restrictions on civil defense and ambulance services, which have been unable to operate due to bombardments and threats, and the confiscation and burning of ambulances and fire trucks for the past 23 days in northern Gaza.
The Euro-Med Monitor has called for urgent intervention to ensure that civil defense and rescue teams can safely reach the targeted area, where survivors may still be trapped, and to facilitate the transfer of victims to hospitals.
It emphasized that the situation, after 41 days of the Israeli attacks on northern Gaza, has become unprecedentedly catastrophic, with the ongoing bombing and demolition of hundreds of homes, the killing and injuring of thousands, and the forcible displacement of tens of thousands from the area.
The Monitor has also called for an end to the genocide being perpetrated by Israel in Gaza, which uses starvation as a primary tool. It urged immediate action to allow life-saving supplies to enter Gaza through crossings and land routes efficiently and effectively, particularly in Gaza City and northern areas. It also called for municipal teams to be allowed to repair and restore health, water, and sanitation services, ensure safe and sufficient food for the entire population, including the nearly complete absence of infant formula in northern Gaza, provide treatment for hunger and malnutrition-related diseases, and restore local production systems and commercial goods.
