On Thursday morning, 22 July 2021, a house explosion at Zawiya market, Gaza City, killed Atta Ahmed Saqallah, 68, and injured 14 people, one of them critically. Among the injured were also six...
Background Prior to the start of the 11-day escalation in hostilities in May 2021, over 2 million Palestinians in Gaza were already under the Israeli government’s land, sea, and air blockade—a...
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights expresses its concern over the increasing cases of workplace violence against employees in the healthcare and municipal services reported throughout the Gaza Strip...
Access to clean and drinkable water is an essential component for the realization of all human rights. Yet, Israel's May 2021 military offensive targeted, damaged, and destroyed water well systems,...
Between 10-21 May 2021, Israeli forces carried out a full-scale military offensive against the Gaza Strip. The bombardment was characterized by a disproportionate use of force and deliberate attacks...
Israel must stop its collective punishment of Palestinian civilians Israel’s ban on the entry of humanitarian aid and relief supplies for Gaza’s civilian population—which forms part of Israel’s...
The death toll in the Gaza Strip continues to climb as Israel’s military offensive against the Strip enters its eleventh consecutive day. With the United States persistently obstructing a Security...
Al Mezan Calls for an End of the Aggression and a Protection for People Displaced The Israeli offensive against the Gaza Strip started on 10 May 2021 and is still ongoing. Civilians and their homes...
The humanitarian conditions which prevail in the Gaza Strip are deteriorating due to attacks perpetrated by Israeli forces since Monday, 10 May 2021, in which civilians and public and private...
On Monday morning, 26 April 2021, the Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) announced the complete closure of Gaza’s fishing zone, apparently in response to the...
International Women’s Day (8 March) is the global day to mark women’s achievements, to promote women’s rights and gender equality, and to struggle against gender-based discrimination. This year’s...
While Palestinians in Gaza struggle to fight the continued spread of COVID-19 in Gaza amidst desperate healthcare conditions, the Israeli authorities controlling the Strip blocked the entry of the...
Landmark Decision of the Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court Welcomed by Al-Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights and Al-Dameer Association for...
Children are the most vulnerable at times of armed conflict as they are incapable of taking necessary measures to maintain their wellbeing and are thus entirely dependent on others to meet their...
Al-Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, and Al Dameer (the organisations) express concern that significant time has passed since the opening of the second...
Israel carried out a series of airstrikes in the early hours of Saturday, 26 December 2020, targeting multiple areas in the Gaza Strip. Three Palestinians, including a six-year-old girl, were...
As the Israeli healthcare system begins the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines to the Israeli public, we, the undersigned organizations, urge the Israeli authorities to live up to their legal...
Al Mezan condemns the act and calls for international intervention On Wednesday morning, 16 December 2020, Israeli military bulldozers crossed the perimeter fence into the Gaza Strip, east of Khan...
On Sunday evening, 6 December 2020, the Palestinian Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza reported that COVID-19 testing at the MoH Central Laboratory had come to a halt, as the stock of testing kits had...
Al Mezan warns of humanitarian catastrophe due to scarce medical resources Daily hospitalizations due to COVID-19 continue to rise in the Gaza Strip, bringing the average of serious and critical...