2 April 2024: EuroMed report
Israel’s massacre at the Shifa Medical Complex in #Gaza: Here’s what we have documented:
The Israeli army carried out a massive, shockingly horrific military operation in Shifa Hosptial in Gaza over the past two weeks, indiscriminately targeting & attacking Palestinians regardless of their civilian status, professional standing, gender, age, or health condition.
Though the exact number of casualties is still unknown, preliminary reports suggest that over 1,500 Palestinians have been killed, injured, or are reported missing as a result of the massacre at Al-Shifa, with women and children making up half of the casualties.
Euro-Med Monitor confirms from its initial investigation and testimonies that hundreds of dead bodies, including some burned, and others with their heads and limbs severed, have been discovered both inside Shifa Medical Complex and in the hospital’s surrounding area in Gaza.
The massacre at Shifa Hospital claimed the lives of at least 22 patients who were killed in their hospital beds during the Israeli siege of the Medical Complex, amid the willful deprivation of their access to food, medical care, and supplies.
Israel’s army purposefully prevented relief teams & representatives of int’l organisations from entering Shifa to carry out humanitarian missions or evacuations & cleared the Complex of all working personnel either by summary execution or forced displacement or arrest.
Shifa Medical Complex is currently out of service due to the Israeli army bombing and setting fire to every one of its buildings, including the mortuary and all internal and external courtyards and corridors.
The attack on Al-Shifa Medical Complex is the most visible aspect yet of Israel’s systematic plan to destroy and besiege the Gaza Strip’s health sector, bring it to the brink of collapse, and deny the Palestinian population any chance at survival or medical care, or shelter.
Members of the Israeli army forced over 25,000 civilians to evacuate their homes in the vicinity of Shifa Hospital. These evacuations occurred after Israel committed horrendous crimes against local families, including killing, direct targeting, besieging, and starving them.
According to initial estimates, the Israeli army demolished and set ablaze over 1,200 housing units in the vicinity of Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City.
The massacre at Shifa Medical Complex and the systematic and widespread targeting of civilians and civilian objects in Gaza further evidence the genocide that Israel has been committing against the Palestinian people in the Strip for the past six months.
The international community must act swiftly and forcefully to defend Palestinian civilians against the genocide that Israel has been committing in the Gaza Strip. This action should include safeguarding the ill, injured, displaced, medical personnel, and journalists.
Shifa Medical Complex witnesses one of the largest massacres in Palestinian history.
Report Written by EuroMed