Geneva – Israel’s systematic sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinians is widespread and amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity, according to United Nations experts. Anew report released by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and…
Palestinian Territory – Israel has killed 150 Palestinians—an average of three people every 24 hours—since the ceasefire on 19 January 2025. The Euro-Med Monitor field team has documented Israeli sniper and…
The escalation in serious crimes across several villages and towns in the Latakia and Tartus governorates along the Syrian coast is deeply concerning, said Euro-Med Monitor in a statement. Armed…
Palestinian Territory – Israel’s decision to cut off all humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip until further notice is deeply concerning. This dangerous escalation exacerbates the ongoing humanitarian crisis and weaponises…
Geneva – The United Nations Security Council must act swiftly and forcefully to prevent Israel from encroaching on Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, guarantee that its forces leave the southern regions of the country, and compel it to abide by…
Palestinian Territory – The physical and mental health conditions of the Palestinian detainees and prisoners released during the seventh round of the ceasefire exchange agreement between Israel and Hamas in…
Palestinian Territory – The Israeli Defence Minister has ordered the army to take control of three Palestinian refugee camps in the northern West Bank and block residents’ return. Euro-Med Monitor strongly…
Occupied Palestinian Territory - As part of Israel’s ongoing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip since October 2023, the Israeli army targeted the Juha family’s home without warning or military…
Geneva – The United Arab Emirates’ approval of Israeli arms companies’ participation in the Maritime Defence and Security Exhibition NAVDEX 2025 and the International Defence Exhibition IDEX represents direct support for…
Palestinian Territory – Israeli forces brutally killed two elderly Palestinians after using them as human shields during an invasion of Gaza City’s southern Al-Zaytoun neighbourhood last May, Euro-Med Monitor field…
Palestinian Territory – Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been forcibly displaced by Israeli occupation forces during the latest military campaign against Palestinians in the northern West Bank. The goal…
Palestinian Territory - Despite the declaration of a ceasefire on 19 January 2025, Israel continues to commit genocide in the Gaza Strip by denying Palestinians the basic necessities for survival and…
Palestinian Territory - Sixteen days have passed since the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Palestinian factions was announced, yet the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is still dire. Nearly all…
The poor health of Palestinian detainees and prisoners released by Israel as part of the ceasefire agreements in the Gaza Strip reflects the terrible conditions they endured while in custody,…
Palestinian Territory – United States President Donald Trump announced his plan to expel the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip from their homes there, and has called on neighbouring nations to…
Palestinian Territory – Israel’s ongoing attack on the Jenin refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank is an extension of its large-scale aggression against the Palestinian people and their…
Palestinian Territory - The international community must put genuine pressure on Israel to promptly guarantee the unconditional entry of technical teams, forensic specialists, and criminal investigators into the Gaza Strip, along with the required tools. This will help Palestinians in…
Geneva - With the announcement of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas effective as of tomorrow, Sunday, 19 January 2025, the international community must act quickly and decisively to guarantee…
Palestinian Territory - Israel’s consistent obstructions of all United Nations investigations into allegations of sexual violence since 7 October 2023 is profoundly concerning. These obstructions, coupled with substantial evidence indicating…
Palestinian Territory – As part of its ongoing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Israel is attempting to destroy the security and justice structures in the enclave by undermining public…
Palestinian territory - The Israeli government bears full responsibility for the life of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, amid alarming indications of…
Palestinian Territory - Following the news that five more detainees from the Gaza Strip have been killed in a 24-hour period, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor urges the United Nations to take…
Palestinian Territory - Harrowing testimonies documenting serious crimes committed by the Israeli army against civilians during its storming of Kamal Adwan Hospital and the surrounding areas in northern Gaza were collected…
Geneva - Achieving civil peace and ensuring sustainable security in Syria after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime requires adopting a transitional justice approach, strengthening the rule of law, and…
Geneva - The year 2024 has been catastrophic for the Sudanese people, marked by a sharp escalation in crimes and violations against civilians in areas affected by armed conflict. The ongoing…
Palestinian Territory – A new investigation conducted by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has revealed a massacre committed by the Israeli military, killing over 15 Palestinians and injuring others, including women, children,…
Palestinian territory – The Israeli military’s destruction of entire Palestinian cities and neighbourhoods in the Gaza Strip is a clear manifestation of the genocide Israel has been committing in Gaza for…
Palestinian Territory - As part of its genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Israel routinely targets medical teams in the north in an effort to destroy the health system…
Geneva - Following subtle and overt incidents of discrimination and recent racist scandals rocked the Finnish government, it must take urgent action against harmful policies, hate speech, and misleading narratives that…
Geneva - It is necessary that Syria attain transitional justice and uphold the rights of all people and groups who have endured numerous grave abuses over the years, particularly since 2011…
Palestinian territory - Israel is systematically closing hospitals in northern Gaza through direct military targeting, a suffocating siege, and the killing, injuring, and arresting of patients, wounded individuals, and medical personnel.…
Palestinian territory - The Israeli occupation army burned displaced people alive in Mawasi Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip after directly targeting their displacement tents, killing 22 Palestinians, half of…
Palestinian Territory - Nearly 70,000 Palestinians have been trapped for two months without access to food or medicine, as Israeli occupation forces continue to pursue them throughout the northern Gaza…
Palestinian Territory - Despite the advent of a harsh winter and dire humanitarian circumstances, Israel continues to prevent blankets, clothing, and shoes—including necessities for children—from entering the Gaza Strip. Israel has…
Beirut - Since early November, the Israeli army has ramped up its military assaults in Lebanon and carried out multiple massacres there, killing dozens of civilians, the majority of whom…
Palestinian Territory –Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor documented dozens of deliberate killings and new field executions carried out by Israeli occupation forces against numerous civilians in northern Gaza. These actions are part…
Palestinian Territory - In a new ‘flour massacre’, the Israeli occupation army has killed dozens of Palestinians who were gathering in the Sudanese roundabout area, northwest of Gaza City. The…
Palestinian Territory – Given that Israel has blocked the entry of goods and aid to the hundreds of thousands of besieged residents in the northern Gaza Strip for more than 50…
Palestinian Territory - More than 70 Palestinian civilians were killed in an Israeli massacre last November, the majority of whom were women, children, and elderly individuals who belonged to a single…
Geneva - The unjust court rulings against human rights defenders in Tunisia—including lawyers, media professionals, political activists, and opposition figures—should raise alarm bells. The rulings follow a campaign of arrests by…
Palestinian Territory - The reluctance of the international system to implement decisive actions against Israel’s mass atrocities in the Gaza Strip, especially in the northern region, exposes a stark disregard for…
Palestinian Territory – Euro-Med Monitor strongly condemns the Israeli parliament’s two new laws banning UNRWA from operating in Israel and barring Israeli authorities from interacting with the organisation. These laws represent…
Palestinian Territory - In a dangerous increase in crimes targeting civilian gathering places, particularly in the northern Gaza Strip, the Israeli occupation army has targeted shelter centres 39 times since the…
Beirut - Israel is escalating its crimes against civilians and protected objects in Lebanon by using internationally prohibited weapons and highly-destructive bombs for the fourth consecutive week since the start of…
Palestinian Territory - Israel is systematically and extensively working to drive out the Palestinian population and forcibly displace them from their residential areas in the northern Gaza Strip, using massacres, mass…
Palestinian Territory - The UN must declare northern Gaza a disaster zone requiring immediate intervention and compel Israel to halt the genocide being carried out by its army through systematic and…
Beirut – Israel’s clear and continued pattern of targeting relief and ambulance teams in Lebanon is a serious violation of international law, especially international humanitarian law. Since the start of its…
Palestinian Territory – The Israeli occupation army is using booby-trapped robots equipped with tons of explosives to commit massive acts of destruction and killing, including massacres, willful killing, enforced starvation, and widespread…
Geneva - Since the beginning of its large-scale aggression against Lebanon, the Israeli army has committed more than 20 massacres of civilians, and has attempted to legitimize and justify them under…
Palestinian Territory - An unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe is imminent as the Israeli occupation tightens its siege on the Jabalia camp and Beit Lahia project in the northern Gaza Strip for the…
Palestinian Territory – Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has released a comprehensive report marking one year since Israel launched its genocidal campaign against civilians in the Gaza Strip on 7 October 2023.…
Beirut - The Israeli army has provided no supporting documentation for its assertion that fighters are transporting combat equipment in ambulances in Lebanon -- a mere pretext for Israel’s flagrant…
Palestinian Territory - Israel has destroyed hundreds of dunams of agricultural land, depriving Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip of agricultural land and resources vital to survival, all in support…
It is regrettable that Israel turned over the bodies of eighty-eight dead Palestinians in a container without providing any information about who they were, where they were found, when they…
Geneva - The Israeli army’s escalated military attacks against civilians and residential areas in Lebanon, particularly in the South and Bekaa regions, along with the issuance of evacuation orders, raising…
Palestinian Territory - The Israeli bombing of another school sheltering displaced people in Gaza City’s southern Zeitoun neighborhood on Saturday morning, killing more than 20 Palestinians at once, is the…
Palestinian Territory - Israel’s deliberate cut-off of electricity to the Gaza Strip for almost a full year now has had catastrophic effects and long-lasting humanitarian repercussions, affecting every aspect of…
Palestinian Territory - Thousands of families continue to bury their children in random mass graves, a phenomenon brought on by over 11 months of systematic killings of Palestinians by Israel…
Palestinian Territory - Israel is obstructing the polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip through its continued military attacks in vaccination-designated areas, along with obstructing the arrival of a UN…
Palestinian Territory - Israel has escalated its systematic policy of targeting—without warning—schools functioning as shelters for forcibly displaced civilians in the Gaza Strip, killing and wounding hundreds of them. This policy…
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