Israel Kills 103 Palestinians Daily in Gaza Assault: Euro-Med Monitor

Gaza (Quds News Network)- The Geneva-based Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has accused Israel of deliberately targeting Palestinian civilians, including those sheltering in tents and the rubble of their homes in Gaza after resuming its genocidal war while imposing “lethal living conditions designed to eradicate the Palestinian population, including starvation and the tightening of its illegal blockade.”

Deliberate Killing

In relentless escalation in violence that shows no sign of slowing, the group said since resuming its assault on Gaza on 18 March, Israel has been killing at least 103 Palestinians and injuring 223 more every day. Additionally, it never stopped employing other genocide tactics prior to 18 March, and has imposed lethal living conditions since 7 October 2023 designed to “eradicate the Palestinian population in the Strip, including starvation and the tightening of its illegal blockade.”

In a statement, the group accused Israel of deliberately targeting civilians, including those sheltering in tents and the rubble of their homes.

“Without any military justification, the Israeli occupation army has committed the crime of targeting homes – or what is left of them – every day, including targeting tents where civilians have sought safety following almost 18 months of genocide. This is a clear component of a systematic Israeli policy that aims to kill Palestinians, ruin their lives, and impose a horrific reality that makes it impossible to survive,” the statement said.

It noted that the Israeli occupation forces also continues to bomb homes with occupants still inside, killing large numbers of people.

Civilian and Administraive Government Officials

Euro-Med Monitor added that Israeli forces have recently killed “civilian government officials in administrative positions, including supervisors working in the education sector.”

Among the victims were Jihad al-Agha, the head of the Supervision Department at the East Khan Yunis Education Directorate, who was killed in an airstrike targeting his home on 23 March along with his wife, child, and three daughters, and Manar Abu Khater, the Director of Education in East Khan Yunis, who was killed along with two of his sons in an Israeli airstrike on Khan Yunis on 24 March.

An individual does not lose their civilian status or become a legitimate target for attack simply because they hold an administrative or civilian position within a governmental or organisational structure, unless they are actively and consistently engaged in hostilities, which was not the case in the situation of al-Agha or Abu Khater, it said.

Rafah’s Tal Al-Sultan

Regarding Rafah’s Tal al-Sultan neighborhood, the Israeli forces have been invading it since 23 March, “committing heinous crimes, including unjustified field killings.”

According to testimonies given to the group, the occupation forces shot civilians while they were trying to escape, leaving their bodies lying in the streets. Around 50,000 civilians are still confined to a small geographic area in Rafah While Israeli military operations, such as shelling, bombing, and raids, are taking place around them.

For five conseuctive days, the Israeli occupation forces have kept the whereabouts of 15 ambulance and civil defence workers in Rafah a “secret, raising concerns that they might be killed, subjected to torture, or otherwise mistreated.”

Since these people are humanitarian personnel protected by the Geneva Conventions, their continued detention without formal notification of their whereabouts or health status is a serious violation of international law and a full-fledged crime of enforced disappearance, Euro-Med Monitor said.

Trump’s Gaza Proposal

The public statements made by Israeli officials regarding their acceptance of US President Donald Trump’s plan to forcibly dispalce Palestinians from Gaza are “alarming,” it said.

These statements “represent a reality that is being played out on the ground through mass killings and the imposition of intolerable living conditions, rather than just threats,” the group noted.

It added, “The US gives political and military cover for the continuation of Israeli crimes in the Gaza Strip by providing financial and military aid, blocking international efforts to hold Israel accountable, and interfering to stop the issuance or implementation of UN resolutions that could stop these violations. Israel’s actions are carried out with the direct support and acquiescence of the US, making the US a major actor in the ongoing crime of genocide.”

Forced Displacement Threats

In just one week, over 200,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been forced to flee their homes, and thousands more are preparing to leave by looking for temporary housing after the Israeli military issued forced displacement threats for parts of the enclave and has begun ground invasion.