The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Observatory said that the Israeli army unleashed its soldiers in the Gaza Strip to carry out “immoral practices” against Palestinian civilians during raids on their homes, including stealing and looting property.

Yesterday, Friday, the Euro-Med Observatory published on its website a report entitled: “Systematic thefts and looting of the homes of Palestinian civilians from the Israeli army in Gaza.”

In a report, the Observatory documented a series of cases revealing the involvement of Israeli soldiers in systematic thefts of Palestinian funds and belongings, including gold, sums of money, mobile phones, and laptops.

Testimonies collected by the Observatory show that “Israeli army raids go beyond arbitrary arrests, forced disappearances, and field executions, to deliberate sabotage of property, theft of personal belongings, and then the burning of homes.”

The Observatory said that its initial estimates, based on the testimonies it documented, indicate “the theft of personal belongings of Palestinian civilians and extensive looting of valuable possessions carried out by the Israeli army, the proceeds of which may exceed tens of millions of dollars.”

Palestinian Thabet Salim (40 years old) told the Observatory team that the Israeli army forces looted all available money and gold when they arrested him and two of his sons from inside their house in the “Zaytoun” neighborhood, south of Gaza City.

Salim added that he was released alone two days ago, and he does not know anything about the fate of his children.

He stated that "the value of the sums of money the soldiers took from my house exceeds 10,000 US dollars, in addition to an almost identical amount of gold for my wife and the wife of my eldest son," according to the report.

As for Mrs. Umm Muhammad Gharbiyya, a resident of the “Al-Shuja’iya” neighborhood, east of Gaza City, she told the Observatory team that the Israeli army forces forcibly took away her gold jewelry that she was wearing during the raid on their house and the arrest of her husband and her eldest son in mid-December.

The Observatory called for a comprehensive and impartial international investigation into the serious violations against residents of the Gaza Strip and their property by Israeli army forces.