Geneva – Saba:
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor stated on Tuesday that "Israel" continues to impose famine as a weapon of genocide, pushing civilians into humiliating chaos at aid distribution points.
In a statement, the Monitor held the Israeli occupation authorities fully responsible for the worsening humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip and for forcing civilians into degrading disorder at distribution points under their supervision.
It added that the dangerous chaos witnessed today exemplifies "Israel's" use of aid as a weapon of humiliation, subjugation, and destruction, exposing the deliberate collapse of any possibility of accessing food.
The Monitor confirmed that its field team observed today’s aid distribution process and documented evidence of the absence of minimum humanitarian standards, both in terms of the distribution location and method.
The report noted that thousands of starving civilians were forced to walk long kilometers to a single, deliberately humiliating distribution point, where they were funneled into narrow, fenced corridors to receive limited food parcels.
The occupation forces deliberately humiliated civilians by trapping them between barbed wires, while the company managing the operation failed to provide even the minimum suitable conditions to accommodate the crowds that flocked to the site.
The Monitor’s team observed scenes of complete chaos and organizational collapse, with no fair or dignified distribution mechanism in place.
It stressed that the occupation authorities have deliberately obstructed the work of international humanitarian organizations with expertise in relief operations and ensuring fair and organized aid access to civilians in Gaza.
Today’s events reflect an abysmal failure in managing the humanitarian situation and demonstrate "Israel's" continued use of starvation as a weapon of genocide against civilians.
The food parcels distributed under the Israeli mechanism do not meet the minimum nutritional needs, and the limited distribution does not constitute any meaningful humanitarian response.
The Monitor emphasized that the occupation government, which uses starvation as a central tool to carry out genocide, cannot be a party to the humanitarian process in any form.
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