Euro-Med: Israel’s attacks on academics in line with Gaza ‘genocide’
The Geneva-based Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor says the Israeli military has killed three university presidents and 95 university deans and professors since the start of its war on Gaza.
“The deliberate and pervasive targeting of educational institutions is an additional manifestation of the ongoing crime of genocide Israel has been committing since October 7, 2023,” the rights group said in a post on X.
Israel's targeted attacks have killed many academics in #Gaza, especially those with advanced degrees.
The deliberate & pervasive targeting of educational institutions is an additional manifestation of the ongoing crime of genocide Israel has been committing since 7 October 2023 pic.twitter.com/paCbb1MmcG
— Euro-Med Monitor (@EuroMedHR) March 24, 2024
Israeli jets ‘carpet bombing’ area near Nasser Hospital: Witness
A young Palestinian man who fled from Khan Younis in southern Gaza has told Al Jazeera that Israeli tanks have laid siege to the city’s Nasser Hospital.
“Since 2:30 at night, we have been carpet bombed by Israeli warplanes. The entire area near Nasser Hospital was shaking as if it were an earthquake. We took shelter in our building’s stairwell until the morning. We assumed the Israeli soldiers would lay siege to the area, so we ran for our lives. Some took shelter in the hospital and others remain stranded,” he said in a video testimony.
“Israeli snipers are shooting at all those moving on the road. Many dead bodies are lying on the street. Both Nasser and the Jordanian Hospitals are besieged by Israeli tanks.”
Nasser, al-Amal hospitals ‘under complete Israeli siege’ for 24 hours
Gaza has been turned into a graveyard, with hospitals and houses being attacked and destroyed.
The Nasser and al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younis have been under complete Israeli siege for the past 24 hours. Israeli forces at the al-Amal Hospital have been forcing patients to flee from the hospital under really critical conditions, while there are still patients inside unable to leave as the bombardment and confrontations between Hamas fighters and Israeli soldiers continue.
What we can see on the ground is a systematic creation of a corrosive environment in which Israel, with its destruction of neighbourhoods and hospitals, is making Gaza unliveable for the majority of Palestinians.
Israeli forces shoot Palestinian child in occupied West Bank
A 14-year-old Palestinian boy has been shot by Israeli forces in the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reports. The child was injured in his foot when Israeli forces fired live bullets and tear gas at people taking part in a march in the town denouncing Israel’s military campaigns in the occupied West Bank and Gaza.
Israeli forces also shot a 16-year-old during their storming of the town of Qaffin, north of Tulkarem, according to Wafa.
The Israeli military has carried out raids in other locations across the occupied West Bank tonight. They include:
- The town of Silat Al-Dhahr and the villages of Arbouna, Deir Ghazala, Arana, Al-Jalama, Faqoua, Jalboun, and Al-Fandakumiya in Jenin Governorate
- The Arroub camp in Hebron
- The village of Beit Wazan, west of the city of Nablus
Wafa has also reported that Israeli forces have stormed the prayer hall at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, while Israeli settlers danced and sang near Bab al-Silsilah, one of Al-Aqsa’s main doors, to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim.
