Euro-Med report details 12 months of Israeli genocidal campaign in Gaza

The Geneva-based Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor has released a comprehensive report detailing one year of genocidal crimes committed by the Israeli regime in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Titled De-Gaza: A Year of Israel’s Genocide and the Collapse of World Order, the report details the most prominent crimes committed by Israeli forces over the past 12 months across the besieged Palestinian territory. 

During this period, Israel has committed grave war crimes, with the explicit complicity of the international community, the report said. 

Since the start of the genocide in Gaza, more than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli army, including around 42,000 recorded by the Gaza Ministry of Health, it said. In addition, around 100,000 have been injured.

Out of the 50,292 Palestinians killed, including those still buried under the debris, 33 percent were women, and 21 percent were children.

According to the report, an estimated 10 percent of Gaza's population has been killed, injured, reported missing, or detained as a result of Israeli military assaults.

One year of Israeli genocide in Gaza

This episode takes a closer look at the al-Aqsa Flood and October 7 attack in response to Israeli atrocities.

The report details the systematic acts of genocide committed in Gaza, such as the targeted killing of civilians in homes, shelters, displacement camps, and humanitarian-declared zones. 

Civilians were also killed by military vehicles and tanks, in field executions, through drone strikes, in crowded markets, and even while waiting for aid at relief trucks, the Geneva-based group said. 

Thousands more have been forcibly detained, with 3,600 still languishing in various Israeli prisons and detention centers. 

The report sheds light on the appalling conditions and systematic atrocities Israel has inflicted upon the occupied Palestinian territory, with a particular focus on the Gaza Strip. 

"These long-standing crimes include the illegal blockade, the deliberate isolation of Gaza from the rest of the Palestinian territory and the world, the systematic deprivation of basic human rights to the Strip’s residents, and the deliberate destruction of essential services."

The report notes the Israeli military's "starvation tactics, the deliberate killing of prisoners and detainees, and the assassination of humanitarian workers, qualified professionals, and Palestinian elites."

‘Israel committed 3,654 massacres in one-year-long Gaza genocide’

The Gaza government says Israel has committed 3,654 massacres in the Gaza Strip in its year-long genocidal war on the besieged Palestinian territory.

It traces the clear elements of genocide perpetrated by the Israeli occupation forces and explores the legal frameworks defining the crime of genocide. 

The Israeli regime forces employ explicit methods designed to inflict severe physical and psychological trauma on the population, the group said. 

"These include launching thousands of systematic military assaults on civilians, dramatically increasing deaths among people of reproductive age, separating families, targeting the healthcare system, and imposing brutal living conditions marked by starvation and malnutrition."

The obstruction of humanitarian aid further exacerbates these atrocities, creating life-threatening situations for thousands, it noted. 

The report also addresses the international judiciary's response, and, significantly, the global community's complicit role in allowing the genocide to continue.

ICJ orders Israel to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza

The United Nations

"The root cause of this persecution—the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory since 1967—has created conditions for the ongoing genocide, as confirmed by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in its advisory opinion of 19 July 2024, on the legal consequences arising from Israeli policies and practices in the occupied Palestinian territory."

Both the West Bank, including East al-Quds, and the Gaza Strip are internationally recognized as Palestinian territories that were occupied in 1967.

The ICJ upheld this position in a recent advisory opinion, reflecting the near-universal international consensus on Israel’s continued occupation.

"Following the 7 October 2023 attack, Israel declared a state of war, with its President, Prime Minister, and other political and military leaders at the forefront. The declared aim was to eliminate Hamas, secure the release of hostages, and restore security. Thus began Operation Iron Swords, a brutal military offensive that intensified the suffering of Gaza’s civilians."

Euro-Med Monitor concluded with a set of recommendations after a year of genocide in Gaza.

It called for the imposition of a total arms embargo on Israel, the termination of all licenses and agreements related to arms imports and exports (including dual-use materials and technology that could be used against Palestinians), and an end to all military and intelligence cooperation.

In addition to imposing travel restrictions and freezing Israeli regime assets, the Geneva-based group calls for political and economic sanctions on Israel and its accomplice states. 

"These measures are intended to pressure the responsible parties into upholding international law, ensuring non-recurrence of crimes against Palestinians, and compensating the victims of these atrocities."

Axis of Resistance: US complicit in Israeli massacre at Gaza school

Resistance groups in the region have strongly condemned the Israeli bombing of a school sheltering displaced people in the Gaza Strip, that killed more than 100 Palestinians early Saturday.

The organization further calls for the halting of all forms of support to Israel in connection with its genocide and other crimes against Palestinians.

This includes withholding investments, canceling or suspending political, diplomatic, economic, commercial, and academic ties, and curtailing support from the media, legal, and other sectors that might contribute to the continuation of these crimes.

"Key measures include ensuring the Israeli occupation army's full withdrawal from Gaza, dismantling all military installations, barricades, and checkpoints, and guaranteeing the safe and swift return of forcibly displaced individuals to their homes."

Furthermore, the recommendations call for the protection of freedom of movement, travel, and access for all citizens of Gaza.

Israel unleashed its genocidal Gaza onslaught on October 7, 2023, after Hamas carried out a historic operation against the usurping entity in retaliation for the regime’s intensified atrocities against the Palestinian people.

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