Euro-Med Monitor Report: 10% of Gaza Population Killed, Injured, Missing, or Detained in Zionist Genocide

Orinoco Tribune, October 9, 2024 —

The Geneva-based Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor has released a comprehensive report detailing one year of genocidal crimes committed by the Zionist 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 occupation forces over the past 12 months across the besieged Palestinian territory.

During this period, the Zionist entity has committed grave war crimes, with the explicit complicity of the international community, the report noted.

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

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

According to the report, an estimated 10% of Gaza’s population has been killed, injured, reported missing, or detained as a result of the Zionist military aggression in the last 12 months.

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

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 that the occupation regime 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 condemned.

The report also condemned the Israeli military’s “starvation tactics, the deliberate killing of prisoners and detainees, and the assassination of humanitarian workers, qualified professionals, and Palestinian elites.”

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

The 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 judicial response, and, significantly, the global community’s complicit role in allowing the genocide to continue.

“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,” the Euro-Med Monitor stated.

Both the West Bank, including East al-Quds, and the Gaza Strip are recognized by the United Nations as Palestinian territories illegally occupied by the Zionist entity.

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

“Following the October 7, 2023 attack, Israel declared a state of war, with its President, Prime Minister, and other political and military leaders at the forefront,” the report stated. “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 the Zionist entity 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,” the report commented.

The organization further calls for the halting of all forms of support to the entity 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,” the group recommended.

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

The Zionist regime unleashed its genocidal onslaught on Gaza on October 7, 2023, after the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas carried out a historic operation against the usurping entity in retaliation for the regime’s intensified atrocities against Palestinians in the occupied territories and in Gaza.