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Sat 04 Nov 2023 8:56 pm - Jerusalem Time

Palestinian human rights organizations: Intentionally targeting the necessities of life in Gaza is a crime of genocide

Palestinian human rights organizations have condemned, in the strongest terms, the Israeli occupation forces’ deliberate targeting of hospitals, ambulances, and shelter centers, and the systematic destruction of what remains of the necessities of life in the Gaza Strip, as part of the crime of genocide, which is entering its twenty-ninth consecutive day, amid the inability of the international community to put an end to it. military or even mitigate its effects.


The Palestinian Center for Human Rights, Al Mezan Center, and Al-Haq said in a joint statement: They view with very serious seriousness the direction taken by the military attacks launched by the occupation forces in recent hours, which clearly demonstrated Israel’s intention to destroy what remains of the basics of survival throughout the Gaza Strip. With a focus on northern Gaza and Gaza City, these are unprecedented crimes that devastate humanity.


It confirmed that the occupation forces deliberately bombed and targeted hospitals, the shelter center, medical staff, and electricity generators, which exacerbates the catastrophic situation 29 days after the military attack on the Gaza Strip.


It referred to the crimes of bombing the entrance to Al-Nasr Hospital and the electricity generator of Al-Wafa Hospital, after bombing the entrance to Al-Shifa Medical Complex and targeting ambulances, and the vicinity of Al-Quds and Indonesian Hospitals.


Human rights organizations expressed their concern about the Israeli bombing focusing on solar energy projects and electricity generators supplying institutions or residents’ homes, especially in Gaza City, by targeting the roofs of buildings and residential buildings, as well as above the Al Amal Institute for Orphans and other civil institutions.


It pointed out that the targeted places were contributing to securing the minimum requirements for survival after the complete blackout of electricity in the Strip, which indicates the occupation’s attempt to kill thousands, whether by bombing or the lack of the necessities of life, such as food, water, and health, and to force those who remain to be forcibly displaced along a specific path that it controls. Those forces are upon him.


It also indicated that the occupation forces continue to commit mass murders, without any prohibitions, and to destroy homes and shelter centers on the heads of their residents, most notably in the last hours, the bombing by occupation aircraft on the morning of November 4, 2023, of Al-Fakhoura School in northern Gaza, which houses thousands of displaced people. Which led to the death and injury of at least 150 Palestinians.


On the evening of November 3, 2023, occupation aircraft also bombed the Osama Bin Zaid School yard in the middle of the Al-Saftawi neighborhood in Jabalia, a shelter center where hundreds of residents took refuge. This resulted in the death of 15 Palestinians, the injury of 54 others, and severe damage to the school.


It stressed that the ongoing crime of genocide requires immediate intervention to stop the military attack on the Gaza Strip, reach a ceasefire, prevent any Israeli attempt to displace Palestinians, and put an end to the grave violations committed by Israel.


It called for taking serious steps to hold Israel accountable for its crimes and to impose political and economic sanctions.


It stressed that this urgent international intervention must be accompanied by the unimpeded entry of fuel and humanitarian aid, including water, food and medical supplies, to be distributed throughout the entire Gaza Strip to mitigate the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe resulting from Israel’s policy of collective punishment against the civilian population in Gaza.


It said: We affirm our position that these crimes and atrocities must end immediately and not be repeated, and that the international community must ensure the dismantling of the Israeli settler-colonial apartheid system.



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Palestinian human rights organizations: Intentionally targeting the necessities of life in Gaza is a crime of genocide