Israel’s ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza has triggered and escalated an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe, deliberately inflicting life-threatening conditions on more...
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Kamal Adwan Hospital Out of Service, Three Other Hospitals Attacked: Urgent International Action Needed to Protect Healthcare Workers and Facilities [EN/AR]
Gaza, 30 December 2024 — Following repeated attacks on and near the hospital since the start of the Israeli military ground invasion in North Gaza Governorate in October 2024, Kamal Adwan Hospital,...
Israel Kills Five Palestinian Journalists in Clearly Marked Press Vehicle in Al-Nuseirat [EN/AR]
Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza has continued unabated for over 14 months, with relentless attacks sparing no one, including journalists and media workers who are protected under international law...
Field Report: 4 December 2024 Attack on Al-Mawasi Area, Khan Younis City
At around 4:50 pm on Wednesday, 4 December 2024, Israeli warplanes targeted two makeshift tent camps sheltering internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis City with four...
Marking Genocide Prevention and Human Rights Days: The Global Failure to Protect Palestinians in Gaza [EN/AR]
Gaza, 9 December 2024 — On this International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of Genocide, observed on the eve of Human Rights Day, Gaza marks 430 days of ongoing genocide perpetrated...
On World Soil Day: Al Mezan Calls for Action Against Israel’s Ecocide in Gaza
Gaza, 5 December 2024— Today marks World Soil Day, an occasion aimed at drawing attention to soil’s vital role in sustaining life and food security. In Gaza, soil is being systematically destroyed as...
On World Children’s Day: Al Mezan Report Reveals Impact of Israel Starvation Policies on Gaza Children
Gaza, 20 November 2024 — Today is World Children’s Day, first established in 1954 by the United Nations as a global day of action for children’s rights marking the adoption of the Convention on the...
On World Toilet Day, Al Mezan Condemns Israel's Deliberate Destruction of Gaza Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Infrastructure
Gaza, 19 November 2024 — Today is World Toilet Day, observed every year on 19 November to highlight the vital importance of having access to safe and clean sanitation in safeguarding human health and...
Ecocide: Israel’s Deliberate and Systematic Environmental Destruction in Gaza
ntroduction A healthy and clean environment is essential for a population's physical survival. Vital resources like clean air and water, fertile soil, and arable land sustain life and ensure the...
Field Report: 11 September 2024 Attack on UNRWA School in Al-Nuseirat Refugee Camp
At approximately 4:00 pm on Wednesday 11 September 2024, Israeli warplanes targeted Al-Nuseirat Prep School ‘A’ for Girls (Al-Jaouni) with several missiles. The school is located in the center of...
Field Report: 10 September 2024 Attack at Al-Shaer Land, South of Al-Mawasi Khan Younis
At approximately 00:30 a.m. on Tuesday 10 September 2024, Israeli warplanes targeted a gathering of internally displaced people’s (IDPs) tents on land belonging to the Al-Shaer family, near Osman Bin...
Ofer Prison: IPS Conducted a 3-Day Campaign of Unrestrained Violence against Palestinian Detainees [EN/AR]
Gaza, 5 September 2024 — As the genocide in Gaza continues, the Israeli authorities’ relentless violations against Palestinian detainees taken from Gaza are escalating. Starting on 25 August 2024,...
Intentionally Hampering the Humanitarian Aid Process: Another Act in Israel’s Ongoing Genocide in Gaza
As part of its genocidal campaign against Palestinians, Israel has intentionally hampered the process of humanitarian aid delivery to and distribution in Gaza through various measures and policies...
Scholasticide: Israel’s deliberate and systematic destruction of the Palestinian education system in Gaza
Gaza, 2 September 2024 — As millions of school and university students around the world embark on a new academic year, over 600,000 Palestinian students in Gaza are losing yet another year of...
Deir Al-Balah: Latest Israeli Displacement Orders Further Prove Their Genocidal Nature
Gaza, 27 August 2024 — According to our monitoring, between 16 and 25 August 2024, the Israeli military issued five new displacement orders targeting central Gaza, especially the city of Deir...
Al-Naqab Prison: Recent Visit Confirms Continued Israeli Abuses of Gaza Detainees Amid International Silence [EN/AR]
Gaza, 26 August 2024 — Despite the immense challenges faced by our staff, especially those in Gaza, Al Mezan remains unwavering in its mission to expose and seek accountability for the abuses...
Call to International Action: Close Israeli Torture Camps and Ensure Accountability for Atrocities Against Palestinian Detainees
For months, Al Mezan has exposed the mass atrocities perpetrated by Israeli forces and authorities against Palestinians detained in Israeli prisons and military detention and interrogation centers...
Palestinian Human Rights Organisations Submit Amicus Curiae Observations to the International Criminal Court on the Oslo Accords [EN/AR]
On 6 August 2024, the Palestinian human rights organisations, Al-Haq, Law in the Service of Man (Al-Haq), the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), and Al Mezan Center for Human Rights (Al...
Marking a Decade of Impunity: The Killing of Four Bakr Children by the Israeli Military in Gaza [EN/AR]
Gaza, Haifa, 16 July 2024 — Today marks exactly 10 years since the killing of four Palestinian children from the Bakr family – Ahed (9 years), Zakaria (10 years), Mohammed (11 years), and Ismail (9...
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Inhumane Zones: An assessment of Israel’s actions with respect to the provision of aid, shelter, safe passage, and assistance to evacuees in Gaza; response to questions raised in the ICJ on 17 May 2024
Since 7 October 2023, Forensic Architecture has documented the mass displacement of Palestinian civilians being carried out by the Israeli military in the Gaza Strip, and identified three overlapping...