GAZA— Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor reported
that Palestinians who have escaped Israeli bombing, gunfire, or starvation in
the Gaza Strip are now facing death as a result of the disorderly entry of
international aid. This includes incidents such as aid falling on their heads,
drowning while attempting to reach it, or being suffocated or crushed in
stampedes.
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The organization stated that On March 25, 12
Palestinians drowned after becoming entangled in the ropes of parachutes
carrying aid packages dropped by planes into the sea off the northern Strip.
While seven bodies were recovered, five others remain missing and are presumed
dead.
Another incident on the same day in northern
Gaza resulted in a stampede to collect aid packages dropped by another plane,
leading to at least one Palestinian death and multiple injuries.
Additionally, 10 other individuals have died
in separate incidents as a result of aid packages directly falling on them in
Gaza City and the northern areas of the Strip in recent weeks. Euro Med noted
that in one such incident, aid package dropping also caused the destruction of
Baptist Hospital’s solar panels in Gaza City and similar damage to neighboring
houses.
Dozens of people have been injured in these
chaotic scrambles to obtain aid dropped by planes, as famine drives residents
to scramble for food for their families.
So far, at least 563 people have been killed
and hundreds more injured due to the deliberate targeting by the Israeli
Occupation Forces (IOF) of individuals waiting for aid, including members of
popular committees or police personnel. These shootings indicate the existence
of a systematic Israeli policy to deny hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in
Gaza safe access to aid.
The human rights group also mentioned that
since early February, Israel has been targeting aid warehouses and restricting
the amount of humanitarian aid and other supplies needed to sustain the
civilian population, reconstruct civilian infrastructure, and ensure the
security of roads, warehouses, distribution centers, and convoys.
The group stressed that the international
community is responsible for failing to devise mechanisms to prevent deadly
incidents, including incorrectly dropping aid or its introduction into trucks
without insurance or a contract with appropriate authorities.
It further emphasized the importance of
broadening and diversifying the channels through which aid is delivered to the
Gaza Strip, particularly to Gaza City and the northern regions, which cannot be
overstated. Safeguards must be established to ensure the safety and dignity of
the population, as random aid distribution leads to stampedes where access to
assistance is dominated by young people, leaving vulnerable groups such as
women, children, and the sick behind.
Euro Med urged urgent measures to ensure that
aid reaches its recipients without causing harm and in a manner that upholds
their human dignity as Israel's genocide of Palestinians in Gaza enters its
173rd day, pointing out that one of these measures is to halt attacks on police
and civil administration in the strip, as they are protected by international
humanitarian law.
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