🧵 A new Euro-Med Monitor investigation, conducted over several months, uncovers horrifying details of a massacre committed by the Israeli army in #Gaza City in November 2023. The attack targeted an entire residential block, killing around 70 people, and was followed by strikes on residents attempting to bury the victims.
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🧵Euro-Med Monitor’s field team documented Israeli forces opening fire on thousands of civilians gathered at dawn today in Tel al-Sultan, Rafah, near an aid distribution centre established by the Israeli army, Killing at least 31 civilians, including two women
The Israeli army and the US-backed organisation directed Palestinian civilians to gather at the site to receive aid, instructing them to wait until 6:00 a.m. to pass through inspection gates and collect aid packages
As they waited, they were targeted with direct fire from quadcopter drones, followed by tank shelling. Tear gas canisters were also fired into the starving crowd by members of the US-backed organisation
🧵 After 19 months of Israeli genocide in #Gaza, Europe is finally reacting by freezing arms sales, summoning ambassadors, or pausing trade talks with Israel.
But here’s how #Europe played a role in the atrocities, and why its latest steps barely scratch the surface⤵️
🧵Israel’s escalation of mass displacement in #Gaza reflects Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s stated condition for a ceasefire: the implementation of US President Donald Trump’s plan to deport Palestinians from the Strip
This escalation confirms that Israel’s actions in the enclave since 7 October 2023, including killing, starvation, and destruction, are not isolated incidents but part of a systematic policy of genocide
Israeli forces have issued at least 35 evacuation orders in the Gaza Strip since January of this year, affecting over one million people. These orders compound the harm caused by those issued prior to January, which had already resulted in much of the population being displaced
🧵Since the start of its genocide in October 2023, the Israeli army has killed an average of 21.3 women per day through direct bombardment of the #Gaza Strip. This amounts to approximately one Palestinian woman per hour
#MothersDay
The shocking, unprecedented rate at which women are being killed in the Gaza Strip reflects a systematic Israeli pattern of mass killings deliberately targeting Palestinian women, especially mothers
Field data reveals a systematic Israeli pattern of killing pregnant women and young mothers alongside their children, or while they attempt to care for and protect their families
🧵Disturbing testimonies documented by Euro-Med Monitor indicate that the Israeli army killed a young civilian in the #Gaza Strip for refusing to cooperate with Israeli intelligence
According to the victim’s family, for nearly a month before his targeting, Israeli intelligence contacted Tabasi several times, requesting that he cooperate with them
A family member of Tabasi, whose identity has been withheld for safety reasons, said: “A month ago, Mohammed received a call from an unknown number. It wasn’t from a Palestinian network.”
🧵Euro-Med Monitor documented a sharp rise in adult death rates among residents of the #Gaza Strip, alongside alarming levels of child mortality, during the longest continuous total siege imposed by Israel since the beginning of its genocide campaign
The escalating famine in Gaza reached catastrophic proportions amid the ongoing, illegal total blockade imposed by Israel for 63 consecutive days, preventing the entry of humanitarian aid, medicines, and basic supplies.
Dozens of deaths have been reported from malnutrition or lack of medical care. The latest is a four-month-old infant, Jenan Saleh al-Skafi, who died of severe malnutrition at Al-Rantisi Hospital in western #Gaza City – amid what is called the worst campaign of systematic starvation in modern history.