22 nov 2019
Mohammed Al-Sawarka, 40
A Palestinian man died on Friday from injuries he sustained when the Israeli occupation army bombed two homes for Al-Sawarka family in the Gaza Strip last week, raising the number of fatalities in the massacre to 9.
The Ministry of Health said that Mohammed Al-Sawarka, 40, succumbed to his wounds in a Gaza hospital in the afternoon.
At daybreak Friday, 14 November, Israeli warplanes fired four missiles at two Palestinian homes inhabited by Mohammed Al-Sawarka, 40, his brother Rasmi Al-Sawarka, 45, and their families in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip.
Rasmi Al-Sawarka, his wife and three of their children were instantly killed in the attack along with Mohammed Al-Sawarka's wife and two of their children. Mohammed was transferred to the hospital while in critical condition.
Last week, the Israeli occupation army waged a three-day military aggression on the Gaza Strip, killing 35 Palestinians and injuring 111.
A Palestinian man died on Friday from injuries he sustained when the Israeli occupation army bombed two homes for Al-Sawarka family in the Gaza Strip last week, raising the number of fatalities in the massacre to 9.
The Ministry of Health said that Mohammed Al-Sawarka, 40, succumbed to his wounds in a Gaza hospital in the afternoon.
At daybreak Friday, 14 November, Israeli warplanes fired four missiles at two Palestinian homes inhabited by Mohammed Al-Sawarka, 40, his brother Rasmi Al-Sawarka, 45, and their families in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip.
Rasmi Al-Sawarka, his wife and three of their children were instantly killed in the attack along with Mohammed Al-Sawarka's wife and two of their children. Mohammed was transferred to the hospital while in critical condition.
Last week, the Israeli occupation army waged a three-day military aggression on the Gaza Strip, killing 35 Palestinians and injuring 111.
19 nov 2019
Hemaya Center for Human Rights (HCHR) has sent a substantive communication to Fatou Bensouda, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), about Israeli crimes committed during the recent aggression against the Gaza Strip.
In the message, HCHR explained that high-level Israeli civilian and military leaders had committed war crimes against civilians in Gaza in the last military escalation.
HCHR accused the Israeli army of launching intentional attacks on civilian structures and areas in Gaza, with prior knowledge that such attacks would result in loss of human lives and cause extensive material damage.
Its message included a number of material facts that prove that Israeli forces committed multiple war crimes, stressing the need to investigate them pursuant to ICC’s Rome Statute.
In the message, HCHR explained that high-level Israeli civilian and military leaders had committed war crimes against civilians in Gaza in the last military escalation.
HCHR accused the Israeli army of launching intentional attacks on civilian structures and areas in Gaza, with prior knowledge that such attacks would result in loss of human lives and cause extensive material damage.
Its message included a number of material facts that prove that Israeli forces committed multiple war crimes, stressing the need to investigate them pursuant to ICC’s Rome Statute.