Amman, April 28 (Petra) – The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor on Monday voiced deep concern over the sharp escalation in Israel’s targeting of civilians in the Gaza Strip. Entire families, including women and children, are being killed at horrific rates as the international community fails to stop the nearly 19-month-long genocide.

"While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied to the media that Israel was targeting civilians, military aircraft continued to carry out airstrikes that deliberately killed women and children in the Gaza Strip. These horrific crimes are no longer the exception to the rule; rather, the recurring pattern of such atrocities demonstrates a systematic Israeli policy defying all international laws and norms," the Monitor said Monday in a statement.

"In just one week between 20 and 26 April Israel killed 345 Palestinians and injured 770 others, according to field data indicating that at least 94% of the victims were civilians. Children (51%), women (16%), and the elderly (8%) together accounted for 75% of those killed," the statement added.

The unprecedented rise in civilian casualties, the statement noted, coincides with Netanyahu’s continued false statements denying the targeting of civilians, which is a blatant attempt to mislead international public opinion and cover up Israeli crimes on the ground.

It further pointed out that Israel’s targeting of makeshift shelters (tents) and partially destroyed homes with heavy missiles or suicide drones, without any justified military necessity, reveals a systematic policy aimed at causing maximum civilian casualties and spreading fear among the population conduct explicitly prohibited under international law.

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28/04/2025 22:49:24