Palestinian Center for Human Rights

Cardiologist’s killing will have ’devastating impact’ on healthcare in Gaza, says medical organisation
2 July 2025 19:18 BST
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The death of Dr Marwan al-Sultan will leave a “devastating impact” on Gaza’s healthcare system, said Muath Alser, director of the Palestinian medical organisation, Healthcare Workers Watch (HWW), on Wednesday.
Sultan was one of only two cardiologists left in the Gaza Strip, and the director of the Indonesian hospital in north Gaza. He was killed in an Israeli air strike on his apartment on Wednesday, along with his wife and at least three of his children.
Paying homage to the renowned cardiologist, Alser told The Guardian: “The killing of Dr Marwan al-Sultan by the Israeli military is a catastrophic loss to Gaza and the entire medical community, and will have a devastating impact on Gaza’s healthcare system.

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En assassinant les médecins de Gaza l’IDF agit suivant la logique militaire. Chaque habitant est considéré comme combattant, alors on cible leurs commandants et médecins pour les décourager .
Là en ciblant un ressortissant du plus grand pays musulman on envioe un message au monde entier : « Ne vous en melez pas, occupez vous de vos affaires sinon nous allons vous exterminer. »
Est-ce que la stratégie de Hamas a eu raison en poussant le régime sioniste à montrer au monde sa qualité de génocidaire impitoyable ?
Désormais les dés sont tombés, les classes moyennes des pays à d’importantes population musulmanes détesteront l’état d’Israel et les juifs pendant plusieurs générations.
Je me demamde comment ce petit pays sera capable de survivre sous ces conditions.

#guerre #iatrocratie #racisme

New Israeli Crime: Prominent Doctor Assassinated Alongside Several Family Members in Gaza | Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
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(...) According to information obtained by PCHR’s staff, at around 14:15 on Wednesday, 2 July 2025, Israeli warplanes targeted a residential apartment located near the former Chalets area in western Gaza City. As a result, nine people were killed, including Dr. Marwan ‘Omar Rab’ie al-Sultan (49), his wife Thekra Nemer al-Sultan (45), their 19-year-old daughter, Lamis, his sister, Amnah ‘Omar al-Sultan, Malak Eyad al-Sultan (15), ‘Aisha ‘Emad al-Sultan (25), her brother Mohammed (28) and Asmaa’ Joudi al-Sultan (37) .

Dr. al-Sultan and his family sought shelter in this rented apartment in western Gaza City after they had been forcibly displaced from northern Gaza due to the recurrent Israeli incursions in the area that have destroyed houses and civilian and healthcare facilities.

The targeting of a displaced civilian doctor and his family while sheltering in a residential apartment constitutes a war crime under the international humanitarian law. It is also a blatant violation of the Geneva Conventions as well as the rules pertaining to the protection of civilians and medical personnel during armed conflicts.

#assassinats #exécutions

Israel Resumes Military Offensive and Escalates Genocide, Endangering 2.3 Million Lives in Gaza
March 18, 2025 | Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
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(...) According to PCHR’s initial field documentation, at approximately 02:10 on Tuesday, 18 March 2025, the IOF simultaneously launched dozens of intense airstrikes on houses, shelters, and tents housing displaced people across the Gaza Strip. These airstrikes have killed and injured hundreds of people, most of whom were civilians.

According to the initial toll reported by the Palestinian Ministry of Health (MOH), hospitals in the Gaza Strip have received 326 people killed and more than 440 injuries, including many in critical condition, due to the IOF’s several attacks on the Gaza Strip at dawn.1 Meanwhile, a large number of victims remain trapped under the rubble, and many of them are impossible to retrieve.

Our teams are tirelessly working on documenting these crimes in detail despite the difficulties of movement and the risks posed by the ongoing Israeli military attacks. Meanwhile, ambulance and civil defense teams are facing challenges in retrieving and transporting the victims due to the lack of necessary equipment and fuel shortages.

Moreover, the IOF has issued evacuation orders urging all the Gaza Strip’s residents living near the buffer zone, which the IOF had imposed and where they are stationed, in the southern, eastern, and northern parts of Gaza Strip. These orders were specifically directed to the residents of Beit Hanoun, Kherbet Khuza’a, and Abasan al-Kabira and al-Jadida, ordering them to head towards western Gaza and Khan Yunis.2 (...)

Israel Persists in Genocide by Escalating Killings, Bombings, and Starvation in Gaza
March 16, 2025 | Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
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The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns in the strongest terms the Israeli Occupation Forces’ (IOF) ongoing commission of unjustifiable killings and indiscriminate bombings in the Gaza Strip, in addition to the continued closure of Gaza’s crossings and the use of starvation as a weapon of war. This indicates Israel’s insistence on continuing its genocide against the Palestinians.

This escalation comes after Israel declared its unliteral renunciation of the ceasefire agreement and amid its escalating threats to resume their widescale military aggression on the Gaza Strip

In their latest crimes, IOF killed 6 Palestinians, including media and humanitarian relief professionals, in a drone strike targeting them in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip.

According to PCHR’s field documentation, at around 12:00 on Saturday, 15 March 2025, an Israeli drone fired a missile at a group of humanitarian aid workers inside al-Kheir displacement camp established by al-Kheir Charity in northern al-‘Atatrah area, northwest of Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip. While attempting to escape in a vehicle, the Israeli drone fired another missile, killing 6, including 3 of the charity staff members and 3 media professionals working for the same charity. Their bodies were burnt and turned into pieces while 10 others were wounded, including 2 in critical condition.

Those killed were identified as Mahmoud Khaled Mesbah al-Basous (20), a freelance drone photographer working for Anadolu News Agency; Belal Mohammed Khalil Abu Matter (35), working in montage; Mohammed Wasfi Hassan al-Ghafir (26); Hazem Mohammed Isma’il Ghareeb (35); Belal Hussam Sha’ban ‘Akilah (28), all working in al-Kheir Charity; and Mahmoud Yehia Rushdi al-Sarraji (24), a photographer whose brother, Rushdi, a journalist, had been killed in a previous Israeli airstrike . It should be noted that the two brothers were the sons of Gaza Mayor.

One of al-Kheir Chairty staff members stated that the staff targeted by IOF was inaugurating al-Kheir displacement camp, which has been established to shelter hundreds of displaced people, whose houses had been destroyed in Beit Lahia.

This crime indicates a surge in IOF’s killings over the past few days in the Gaza Strip and their recurrent breaches of the ceasefire agreement.

Moreover, in recent days, our field researchers have documented 6 airstrikes that have claimed the lives of 8 civilians, including 3 children, a young man, a fisherman and 3 brothers. The incidents were as follows:

At around 17:00 on Friday, 14 March 2025, Israeli gunboats stationed off al-Sudaniyah Shore, west of Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip, fired a shell at a rowing boat manned by a fisherman namely Mohammed Riyadh Siam (22). As a result, shrapnel hit different parts of his body and killed him while he was fishing only 200 meters offshore.

At around 17:50 on Thursday, 13 March 2025, an Israeli drone dropped two bombs at a tent sheltering Karim ‘Azzam Mahmoud Nuseir, in Buret al-Amal neighborhood, northeastern Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip. As a result, his 3-year-old child, Seraj, was killed with shrapnel that hit different parts of his body. Also, the child’s mother, Dina Suhail Nuseir (25), was injured with shrapnel in her head and her condition was reported critical. She was then admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at the Indonesian Hospital in Jabalia. The child’s father said that he had to set up the tent in that area which is more than 1000 meters away from the border with Israel after his house had been destroyed by the IOF.

Later that evening, an Israeli drone indiscriminately opened fire at al-Shuja’iyah neighborhood, eastern Gaza City, killing 3-year-old Amjad Hazem ‘Abed. It should be noted that the child’s father was killed months ago during the Israeli military aggression on the Gaza Strip.

At around 17:20 on Tuesday, 11 March 2025, IOF stationed along the border fence in Kusufim area, between Al-Qarara and east of Wadi Al-Salqa village, east of Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, opened fire at houses in Wadi al-Salqa village. As a result, 13-year-old Hala ‘Azmi Mohammed Abu Haddaf was injured with a bullet in her chest while she was on her way to buy some supplies for Suhour, a pre-dawn meal before fasting in Ramadan. Hala’s father took her in donkey-drawn cart and then a nearby SUV drove them to an ambulance that transported them to al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, where doctors announced her death.

At around 17:30 on Monday, 10 March 2025, an Israeli quadcopter fired a missile at a group of people in front of their houses in al-Shawkah village, eastern Rafah City. As a result, Najjad Nahed Soliman Abu Sneimah (18) was killed.

At around 14:20 on the same day, an Israeli drone targeted a group of people in northeastern al-Bureij in the central Gaza Strip. As a result, 3 brothers were killed: Mahmoud, Mohammed and Ahmed ‘Abdullah Mahmoud Ahmed. People tried to pull the three brothers from the area, but the Israeli drones fired more missiles, forcing them to retreat more than once. Four hours later, the bodies of the three brothers could be evacuated to al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah.

More shooting incidents were documented by our researchers in Rafah, Khan Younis and northern Gaza Strip in recent days. These recurrent incidents have injured many, including children and women, forcing hundreds to evacuate to areas that are way further from the IOF-imposed buffer zone.

Since the ceasefire was declared on 19 January 2025, IOF’s killings and airstrikes have not stopped across the Gaza Strip. As a result, more than 155 Palestinians have been killed so far, and hundred others have been injured. This undoubtedly proves the Israeli genocide continues by maintaining the same situation imposed since 07 October, including returning to kill civilians even during the ceasefire. (...)

Genocidal Massacre in Central Gaza: Israeli Forces Kill 274 Palestinians and Injure 698 in Attack Lasting 75 Minutes
Date: 10 June 2024 - Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
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On Saturday, 8 June 2024, the Israeli occupying forces (IOF) perpetrated yet another genocidal massacre against the Palestinian people in Gaza. During a military attack in Nuseirat Refugee Camp and across other areas of central Gaza, the IOF killed at least 274 Palestinians and injured around 698 others, including 161 women and 153 children, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Among the number of casualties were amputees and serious injuries. The military attack, which lasted around 75 minutes, featured the use of deadly force and heavy firing in a densely populated area, primarily inhabited by internally displaced persons (IDPs), proving once again no regard for Palestinian life.

According to our preliminary documentation, at 11:00 am on Saturday, 8 June 2024, an Israeli Special Unit camouflaging in civilian vehicles—including a Volkswagen Caddy, and a transporting van— which may amount to the war crime of perfidy, entered the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in central Gaza. The Special Unit raided two homes in Block 5 of the Camp. Shortly after, the IOF launched a ground attack with a large number of tanks on the Camp and besieged three areas: Abu Assi Petrol Station to the southeast, the Wadi Gaza area to the northeast, and Al-Maghazi and the New Camp area to the north of the Camp. This coincided with Israeli warplanes directly striking five homes in the Camp while their residents were still inside and intensively conducting airstrikes and fire belts in Block 5, Al-Hasayna area and the New Camp. The ground attack, combined with the Special Unit’s infiltration and relentless bombardment, took place when the Nusairat Camp’s market was overcrowded with thousands of shoppers. It is important to note that Nusairat shelters tens of thousands of forcibly displaced Palestinians from the eastern Middle Area and Rafah. In parallel, while the attack in Nusairat was unfolding, Israeli warplanes conducted several airstrikes, targeting multiple houses in Deir al-Balah, in Gaza’s Middle Area.

Later, the IOF announced that the military attack led to the release of four Israeli captives. The attack resulted in the killing of 274 Palestinians, including 64 children, 57 women, and 37 elderly, and the wounding of 698 others, including 153 children, 161 women, and 54 elderly. Ambulance and rescue teams struggled to evacuate killed and injured Palestinians, many of whom had been shredded to pieces or decapitated by the bombing. This attack further proves Israel’s dehumanisation of Palestinians and blatant disregard for Palestinian life. The sheer scale of Palestinians killed and injured underscores a deliberate and callous indifference to Palestinian suffering, further emphasising a systemic policy that views Palestinian lives as expendable.

Our teams continue to diligently document IOF’s international crimes committed during this attack, including the circumstances of the killings and the deliberate targeting of homes with residents inside. According to initial information, the overwhelming majority of those killed were targeted while at home or on the streets, with some being killed as they were trying to flee the IOF attacks from the camouflaged civilian vehicles. Our teams are further carrying out preliminary investigations into alleged United States involvement in the attack, including the utilisation of the pier in the military attack, which was supposedly constructed for humanitarian purposes. We further warn of the grave dangers this poses to the lives of humanitarian workers in Gaza, who are providing life-saving assistance amid starvation and the collapse of the health sector.

As of time of writing, the Israeli military continues with its aerial, artillery and naval bombardment across the Gaza Strip, inflicting further killings, injuries, and destruction to buildings and infrastructure. Over two million Palestinians continue to suffer amidst lack of life essentials, ban of humanitarian aid entry and the collapse of Gaza’s healthcare system.

In Worst acts of Retaliatory Violence: Palestinian Killed, Dozens of Houses and Vehicles Burnt in Widescale Attacks by Israeli Occupation Forces and Settlers in Ramallah
Date: 21 June 2023 Time: 19:30 GMT
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The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns in the strongest terms today’s widescale violence and retaliatory acts conducted by hundreds of settlers under the protection of the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in Turmus ‘Ayya village in northern Ramallah, north of the West Bank. Setters’ violence has killed a Palestinian and injured 11 others, some in serious condition, in addition to setting dozens of houses, facilities, and vehicles ablaze.

Those attacks were triggered by the Israeli ministers’ incitement policy that is persistent due to the impunity policy and protection provided for settlers’ racist violence that is backed by Israel’s top military and political echelons.

According to initial information collected by PCHR’s fieldworker, at approximately 13:58 on Wednesday, dozens of armed and masked settlers, from “Shilo” settlement, which is established in eastern Ramallah, broke into Turmus ‘Ayya village. The settlers immediately carried out retaliatory violence, indiscriminately opened fire at Palestinians and their houses and set many vehicles parked on the village’s streets ablaze. Meanwhile, villagers gathered and tried to confront the settlers with stones, so the latter directly opened fire at them and burned several residential houses. Afterwards, violent clashes broke out on the village’s streets and heavy smoke spread after several vehicles and houses were burnt. More settlers then arrived in the village and raided most of the residential houses to the right side of the village’s main entrance, forcing the residents out, and setting the houses and their gardens ablaze. Later, large Israeli forces moved into the village amid heavy firing of bullets and teargas canisters at the protestors to protect the Israeli settlers while conducting their attacks.

Head of Turmus ‘Ayya Village Council, Lafi Adeeb Shalabi, said to PCHR’s fieldworker that the initial results of settlers’ attacks indicated that about 30 houses were completely burnt in addition to 60 vehicles.

At around 16:00, as confrontations heightened, IOF secured the settlers’ withdrawal to the main entrance to the Town (Bypass Road 60). Meanwhile, the protestors chased them when IOF opened fire at them, wounding 12 Palestinians with live bullets. The wounded were taken to a local hospital in the village, where it turned out that several serious injuries were referred to the Palestine Medical Complex, including ‘Omar Hisham ‘Abdullah Jbara (25), who was shot with a live bullet in the chest. The doctors tried to save his life but in vain as his death was pronounced at around 16:22.

Palestinian with Disability Shot Dead by Israeli Occupation Forces in Nablus
PCHR Date: 14 June 2023
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The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the Israeli Occupation Forces’ (IOF) shooting attack that occurred on Tuesday, 13 June 2023, and killed a Palestinian with a mental disability and wounded 7 others, including two children; two are in critical condition, during IOF’s incursion into Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, where IOF cordoned off a house. This new crime and other previous crimes come as a part of IOF’s excessive use of force and lenient fire regulations against Palestinians with support of Israel’s top political and military echelons.

According to information collected by PCHR’s fieldworker and eyewitnesses’ testimony, at approximately 13:15 on Tuesday, 13 June 2023, an Israeli Special Force dressed like Palestinian civilians sneaked into Balata refugee camp and stationed around the family house of ‘Esam Hussam Suleiman al-Salaj (20) in the commercial market area in the center of the Camp. The Special Force imposed a cordon on al-Salaj family house while some of its members topped nearby houses’ roofs. Moments later, IOF, reinforced by military vehicles and backed by a drone, moved into the camp and immediately fired heavy live bullets and missiles at the cordoned house, where al-Salaj and his family members were fortified. Afterwards, violent clashes erupted in the area and extended to several streets across the camp to lift the cordon on the house. As a result, a person with a mental disability namely Faris ‘Abed al-Men’im Mohammad Hashash (19) was killed with 3 live bullets; a live bullet penetrated the right side of his abdomen and exited the left side of his heart, lung and spleen, while 2 other bullets penetrated his thighs. IOF opened fire at Hashash, who was hiding behind a wall and trying to look at the area where IOF were stationed, 200 meters away from Hashash. (...)

2 Civilians Killed and 3 Others Wounded, including Woman and Child, by Israeli Occupation Forces Fire in Balata Refugee Camp in Eastern Nablus
PCHR | Date: 13 May 2023
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(...) According to investigations conducted by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), at approximately 08:30 on Saturday, 13 May 2023, Israeli Special Forces sneaked via a white Mercedes Carvel bus with a Palestinian registration plate into al-Yasameen neighborhood in central Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, where they cordoned off Hatem Jehad Abu Reziq’s 2-storey house. Few moments later, IOF sent large reinforcements to the camp accompanied with a drone in the sky to back up the special forces and some soldiers topped the roofs of high buildings in the camp and tightened the cordon on Abu Reziq’s house. Meanwhile, IOF immediately launched several rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) and heavily fired live bullets at the cordoned house, destroying the 2nd floor. During the operation, clashes and an exchange of fire erupted between IOF and members of Palestinian armed groups near the cordoned house. At around 09:15, while Saed Jehad Shaker Mashah (32) , a clothes merchant, was on his way to his workplace trying to move from an alley to another on al-Madares Street to reach al-Quds Street, an Israeli sniper fired a live bullet at his head that penetrated his right eye and blew off his head, killing him on al-Madares Street at the camp’s southern outskirts. Promptly after targeting Mashah, Waseem ‘Adnan Yousef al-A’raj (18) approached to pull him, but an Israeli sniper fired a live bullet at his head and killed him falling on Mashah. Also, 3 other Palestinians, including a woman and a child, were wounded by IOF fire during the incursion, and IOF denied Palestinian ambulances’ access into the camp to evacuate those killed and injured. After committing their crime, IOF completely withdrew from the camp and those killed and injured were evacuated to Rafidia Governmental Hospital in Nablus. Later, Israeli media stated that IOF failed to arrest wanted Palestinians. (...)

Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Weekly Update 04– 10 May 2023)
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(...) On 11 May 2023, 3 Palestinians, including 2 brothers; one of them a commander of Al-Quds Brigades, were killed and 7 other civilians, including a girl and 3 women; one was pregnant, were injured after IOF warplanes fired 3 missiles at a residential apartment on the 5th floor of a building in Hamad Residential Compound, west of Khan Yunis. Those killed were identified as: ‘Ali Hasan Ghali (50), member of al-Quds Brigades’ Military Council and head of the rocket launching unit; his brother Mahmoud (23) ; and their relative Mahmoud Waleed Mohammed ‘Abdul Jawaad (26) .
All of them were in the targeted apartment, while the other injuries were reported in nearby apartments. IOF announced that IOF and Shin Bet (Shabak) killed in a joint targeted operation the commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s rocket launching force in the Gaza Strip. (...)

Palestinian Child Killed by Israeli Occupation Forces Fire in Far’a Refugee Camp in Tubas
PCHR | Date: 14 February 2023
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According to investigations conducted by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) and eyewitnesses’ testimonies, at approximately 05:00, an Israeli Special Unit sneaked via a white Mercedes car with a Palestinian registration plate into Far’a refugee camp in southern Tubas. The Special Unit stationed in the western neighborhood near Abu Baker al-Sedeeq Mosque in al-‘Aboushi neighborhood, where they cordoned off Sameer Ahmed al-Khatib’s house and some of its soldiers topped the roof of Mohammed ‘Abed al-Rahman al-Khatib’s 3-story house, tightening the cordon around the area. Meanwhile, there were 6 children, from the neighborhood, standing in front of Abu Baker al-Sedeeq Mosqueand about 80 meters to the west of the cordoned house. Few minutes later, Mahmoud Majed Mohammed ‘Ayed (17) , who was carrying a small oxygen cylinder, walked towards Mohammed Jameel al-‘Aboushi’s house, which was 100 meters away from the house topped by the soldiers and overlooking it from behind. When the Special Force saw him, they fired one bullet at him, wounding the back of his head from behind. The child was taken in a civilian car to Tubas Turkish Hospital, but due to his serious health condition, he was referred to Rafidia Governmental Hospital in Nablus, where he was pronounced dead at 11:00. It should be noted that IOF arrived at the area to back up the Special Unit, and before theur withdrawal at about 06:30, they arrested Ahmed Raja al-Khatib (46).

New Use of Lethal Armed Force… Palestinian Child Killed by Israeli Occupation Forces Fire in Jenin
Date: 13 February 2023
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According to investigations conducted by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) and eyewitnesses’ testimonies, at approximately 13:00 on Sunday, 12 February 2023, an Israeli Special Force sneaked into al-Jabriat neighborhood, southwest of Jenin, directly overlooking Jenin Refugee Camp, southwest of the city. The Special Force cordoned off the family house of Jabreel Mohammed ‘Abed al-Rahman al-Zubaidi (37), from al-Jabriat neighborhood, and an Israeli Intelligence officer phoned his wife, ordering her to tell Jebreel to surrender and informing her that their house is under a cordon. Al-Zubaidi obeyed IOF’s orders, quietly stepped out and turned himself in to the soldiers. Afterwards, large reinforcements from IOF and Special Forces arrived at the neighborhood from all its entrances, and the soldiers topped the roofs of high buildings in the area. Meanwhile, a number of young men and children gathered about 200 meters away from where the military vehicles were stationed and threw stones and Molotov Cocktails at them. The soldiers on one the roofs opened fire at them, wounding Qusai Redwan Yousef Waked (14) with a live bullet in his abdomen. As a result, Waked was taken via a Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulance to Ibn Sina Hospital in Jenin, where doctors attempted to save his life, but in vain, as he was pronounced dead at 16:18 on the same day. Also, two members of the Palestinian armed groups were seriously injured in clashes with IOF during the latter’s withdrawal from the village at around 14:20.

PCHR Condemns Murder of Palestinian Civilian by Israeli Occupation Forces Fire in Hebron
Date: 30 January 2023
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This morning, a Palestinian civilian was shot dead by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) while driving his car near a military checkpoint at the entrance to al-Salaymah neighborhood, southeast of al-Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron.

According to investigations conducted by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), at approximately 01:00 on Monday, 30 January 2023, a black Mazda vehicle with an Israeli registration plate arrived at a crossroad leading to al-Salaymah military checkpoint, southeast of al-Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, and stopped 100 meters away to southeast of the checkpoint. Meanwhile, verbal altercation erupted between the vehicle’s driver Naseem Nayif Fouda (26) , from al-Labna area in southern Hebron, and three Israeli soldiers, who were 3 meters away from the checkpoint. Afterwards, the vehicle drove 70 meters towards the checkpoint and from a distance of 70 meters, the Israeli soldiers started shooting at the vehicle, which speedily drove backwards hitting Rajeh Abu Irmilah’s house entrance. The vehicle then veered off and hit from behind a Volkswagen Passat car belonging to Shehdah Abu Irmilah as the car was parked in front of his house. Meanwhile, five Israeli soldiers approached and opened fire again at the vehicle, directly wounding Abu Fouda in his head. The soldiers then left towards the checkpoint and returned after less than 5 minutes accompanied with a large force of Israeli soldiers and police, while an ambulance belonging to the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) arrived and stopped in the scene for 10 minutes. At around 12:30, the soldiers allowed the PRCS crew to evacuate Abu Fouda to the governmental hospital in Hebron. Later, he was referred to al-Ahli Hospital in the city, where he was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), and doctors described his health condition serious due to being shot with a live bullet in his head. At approximately 08:00, doctors pronounced Abu Fouda dead.

L’Assemblée générale de l’ONU demande à La Haye de se pencher sur l’occupation d’Israël en Palestine
31 décembre 2022
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L’Assemblée générale des Nations unies a adopté vendredi une résolution pour demander à la Cour internationale de justice (CIJ) de se pencher sur l’occupation israélienne des territoires palestiniens. L’ambassadeur israélien a vivement dénoncé le texte, évoquant une « tache morale ».

Le texte a été adopté par 87 voix contre 26, et 53 abstentions. Les pays arabes ont unanimement voté en faveur, y compris ceux ayant normalisé leurs relations avec Israël. La Chine et la Russie ont également voté en faveur, tandis que les Etats occidentaux se sont montré divisés.

Les Etats-Unis, le Royaume-Uni, l’Allemagne ou l’Italie se sont opposés à la résolution, tandis que la Belgique, le Portugal ou l’Irlande ont voté pour. La France s’est abstenue, tout comme la Suisse. (...)

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L’ONU demande à la Cour internationale de justice d’examiner l’occupation israélienne
France 24 – Publié le : 31/12/2022
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L’Assemblée générale des Nations unies a adopté, vendredi, une résolution demandant à la Cour internationale de justice de déterminer « les conséquences juridiques » de l’occupation israélienne de territoires palestiniens. Un vote salué par l’Autorité palestinienne, tandis que l’ambassadeur israélien dénonce une « tache morale sur l’ONU ».

L’Assemblée générale des Nations unies a adopté, vendredi 30 décembre, une résolution demandant à la Cour internationale de justice (CIJ) de se pencher sur la question de l’occupation israélienne de territoires palestiniens. Cette décision intervient au lendemain de l’investiture du gouvernement le plus à droite de l’histoire d’Israël.

La résolution a été adoptée avec 87 voix pour, 26 contre, et 53 abstentions. Le texte exhorte la cour onusienne basée à La Haye, aux Pays-Bas, à déterminer « les conséquences juridiques de la violation persistante par Israël du droit du peuple palestinien à l’autodétermination », ainsi que de ses mesures « visant à modifier la composition démographique, le caractère et le statut de la ville sainte de Jérusalem ».

Les États occidentaux étaient partagés sur la question, tandis que les pays arabes ont unanimement voté pour, y compris ceux ayant normalisé leurs relations avec Israël. La Chine et la Russie ont également voté en faveur du texte.

Le représentant palestinien à l’ONU, Riyad Mansour, a déclaré que le vote envoyait un signal au nouveau gouvernement du Premier ministre Benjamin Netanyahu à propos de sa volonté de renforcer des politiques « coloniales et racistes » et a salué les États, qui ne se sont pas laissés « dissuader par des menaces et des pressions ». Un vote également salué samedi par l’Autorité palestinienne : « L’heure est venue pour Israël de se soumettre à la loi et d’être tenu pour responsable des crimes qu’il commet contre notre peuple », a déclaré Nabil Abou Roudeïneh, porte-parole du président palestinien, Mahmoud Abbas.
Un appel à mettre fin aux colonies

En amont du vote, l’ambassadeur israélien Gilad Erdan a qualifié la résolution de « tache morale sur l’ONU ». « Aucune organisation internationale ne peut décider si le peuple juif est un occupant dans sa propre terre natale », a-t-il ajouté. « Quelconque décision d’une organisation judiciaire qui reçoit son mandat de Nations unies politisées et en faillite morale est complétement illégitime », selon lui.

La résolution appelle également Israël à mettre fin aux colonies mais l’Assemblée générale ne dispose pas de pouvoirs contraignants, contrairement au Conseil de sécurité où les États-Unis, alliés d’Israël, disposent d’un droit de veto.

Les États-Unis, le Royaume-Uni, et l’Allemagne se sont opposés à la résolution et la France s’est abstenue. « Nous ne pensons pas qu’un renvoi vers la Cour internationale de justice aide à ramener les parties prenantes vers un dialogue », a déclaré le diplomate britannique Thomas Phipps.

Avec AFP et Reuters

Barak Ravid @BarakRavid 31 déc. 2022
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1 \ Scoop: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu called on Friday night Ukraine’s President Zelensky & asked that his country vote against the UN general assembly resolution to refer the issue of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank to the ICJ, Israeli & Ukrainian officials told me
2 \ Why it matters: In the previous vote at a UN committee several weeks ago Ukraine voted in favour of the resolution which was tabled by the Palestinians, regardless of Israeli requests not to do so
3 \ Ukrainian officials said they voted in favour as a reaction to Israel’s refusal to provide military assistance to Ukraine. Israeli foreign ministry officials were furious and summoned the Ukrainian ambassador for a tough conversation
4 \ A senior Israeli official told me Netanyahu called Zelensky as part of a series of phone calls with leaders of countries that Israel wanted to change their country’s vote and oppose the resolution or at least abstain
5 \ A Ukrainian official said Zelensky told Netanyahu that in return for voting against or abstaining he wants to hear how the new Israeli government is going to change its policy and provide Ukraine with defensive systems against Russian missile and drone attacks
6 \ The Ukrainian official said Netanyahu didn’t commit to anything during the call and said the vote was getting close and that he is ready to discuss Zelensky’s requests in the future
7 \ According to the Ukrainian official Zelensky didn’t like Netanyahu’s answer and didn’t agree to vote against the resolution or abstain. Instead he instructed Ukraine’s ambassador to the UN not to attend the vote
8 \ The Ukrainian official said: “The two leaders weren’t satisfied and didn’t get what they wanted. Zelensky decided that we will not attend the vote in order to give a chance to the relationship with Netanyahu"
9 \ A senior Israeli official said that even though Ukraine didn’t vote in favour of the Palestinian resolution, Israel was disappointed that instead of abstaining it decided not to attend the vote
10 \ Netanyahu’s office told me: "Prime Minister Netanyahu spoke to president Zelensky, and Ukraine, which voted before in favour of the anti-Israeli resolution, didn’t attend the vote this time. Other than that we will not comment on diplomatic converstions”. END

PCHR Welcomes the Adoption of a UNGA Resolution Requesting for an Advisory Opinion by the ICJ on the Legal Nature of Israel’s Occupation.
Date: 31 December 2022 – Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
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On 30 December, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voted in favor of a resolution requesting the International Court of Justice to provide an advisory opinion on the legal nature of Israel’s prolonged military occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) and the responsibilities of third party-states.[1]

The resolution, which was approved with 87 votes in favor, 26 votes against, and 53 abstentions, asks the ICJ to weigh in on the “legal consequences arising from the ongoing violation by Israel of the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, from its prolonged occupation, settlement and annexation of the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including measures aimed at altering the demographic composition character, and status of the Holy City of Jerusalem, and from its adoption of related discriminatory legislation and measures”.[2] The resolution also asks the Court for an opinion on how these Israeli policies and practices “affect the legal status of the occupation” and the “legal consequences that arise for all states and the United Nations from this status”.[3] (...)