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Israel’s siege cripples transport system in Gaza, cuts off food and medicine, pushing residents back toward famine Israel persists in maintaining its illegal siege on Gaza, intentionally disrupting transportation and freight by destroying trucks and warehouses of transport companies. It also targets and detains drivers and blocks the entry of trucks, spare parts, and essential materials. This obstructs the delivery of food, medicine, and aid through crossings to the people, risking a return to famine in the Gaza Strip. Furthermore, Israel enforces a comprehensive policy that disrupts the entire supply chain, starting from the entry of goods and aid through crossings until they reach the population. Even when trucks are permitted to cross into Gaza, it is not guaranteed that their cargo will reach those in need, due to the destruction or impairment of the transportation, storage, and distribution infrastructure. Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/7090

Israel wipes genocide evidence in Gaza, carting off rubble and remains in 100 trucks daily The Israeli forces, along with Israeli civilian contractors, are conducting a wide and organised operation to process and clear the rubble from neighbourhoods and facilities they have destroyed in the Gaza Strip and relocate it from areas under their military control to outside the Strip. This is occurring without any official record of the quantities removed or independent oversight, and before international and local investigative committees have had the chance to survey, examine, and document the sites. This risks destroying crucial evidence of genocide and the remains of victims still unaccounted for under the rubble. Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/7088

Successive withdrawals, sanctions, and impunity for wanted individuals drive escalating campaign to undermine ICC The coordinated actions to dismantle the International Criminal Court (ICC) and hinder its jurisdiction are deeply troubling and signal a dangerous path forward. This trend has become apparent with Venezuela and Chad announcing plans to withdraw from the Rome Statute. This occurs alongside clear US incitement efforts against the Court, including sanctions on its officials, and the European state parties’ lack of substantial action on arrest warrants for Israeli officials. These actions risk undermining the international criminal justice system and depriving victims of international crimes of one of the few remaining accountability mechanisms, thereby entrenching impunity for perpetrators and providing political and legal cover for ongoing grave violations of international law. Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/7086

International community must end Israel’s media blackout on Gaza, protect journalists, ensure access to press equipment Urgent international efforts are needed to lift the media blackout in the Gaza Strip, protect journalists, enable the immediate entry of independent international media, and ensure access to protective gear and press equipment, as journalists continue to be targeted for over 1,000 days during the ongoing genocide in the enclave. Palestinian journalists keep working under unprecedented danger, facing threats of killing, injury, and arrest, while lacking essential professional equipment. This breaches the obligations of parties to the conflict to respect and protect civilian journalists and undermines fundamental press freedom and the right to access information. Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/7084

The battle for cancer patients in #Gaza is no longer only against cancer.. It is also against shortages of essential medicines and barriers preventing them from accessing lifesaving treatment

Five years of exceptional measures in Tunisia: Systematic erosion of human rights and rule of law Five years following the implementation of exceptional measures in Tunisia, there has been a significant and structural decline in the rule of law and human rights protections. The measures announced by President Kais Saied on 25 July 2021 have evolved from temporary measures into a lasting authoritarian regime. This system is built on centralising control over state institutions and transforming the judiciary into a tool for retribution and political exclusion. This system has deployed an arsenal of arbitrary laws to suppress the opposition and stifle civic space and freedom of expression through campaigns of arrests and prolonged pretrial detention, alongside the institutionalisation of incitement rhetoric that has led to grave and systematic violations affecting citizens, migrants, and asylum seekers alike. This clearly contradicts Tunisia’s international legal obligations and transforms state institutions from protectors into tools that suppress basic rights and undermine the progress of the democratic transition. Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/7082

Turn southern Lebanon into #Gaza." "Destroy everything there" "They will not return" In his own words, Israel's Defence Minister describes the Israeli military's approach in southern #Lebanon, revealing systematic destruction and attacks that target an entire population rather than an armed group.

Israel turns Gaza into death camp denser than Srebrenica, forces displacement under guise of voluntary emigration Israel is legitimising and enforcing a systematic pattern of geographic siege on Gaza, extending beyond a comprehensive blockade to include forcible internal confinement. This traps Palestinians within a small, devastated area under conditions more severe and crowded than those in the Srebrenica enclave before its fall in 1995, when genocide occurred. The Srebrenica genocide serves as a clear historical warning about the deadly impact of besieging civilians and depriving them of protection and essentials for life, particularly when these actions are part of systematic behaviour that is a core component of ongoing genocide, as seen in Gaza. Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/7078

"This is the end." From inside an underground Israeli detention facility, with his features barely recognizable after severe beatings, Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya said he had been transferred to another prison in preparation for his murder. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) must visit Dr. Abu Safiya immediately and ensure his safety. The world must not allow yet another doctor to be killed!

Red Cross demanded to visit Hussam Abu Safiya and Marwan Al-Hams amid torture reports, concern for their lives in Israeli custody The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) should urgently coordinate with Israeli authorities to secure immediate access to two Palestinian doctors: Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in North Gaza, and Marwan Al-Hams, director of field hospitals in the Gaza Strip. Given the growing fears that they could face death from torture in Israeli prisons and interrogation centres, the Red Cross must intervene immediately and conduct visits, especially considering credible reports of their health seriously declining due to severe torture, which includes repeated beatings and the withholding of medical treatment. Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/7076

1,000 days into the genocide in Gaza, the evidence continues to grow. This infographic brings together key figures documenting the human toll, the destruction of civilian infrastructure, and the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe.

Some milestones deserve no commemoration. This one demands accountability. A thousand days later, the evidence is overwhelming, the law is clear, and the perpetrators continue to enjoy impunity.

Board of Peace’s exclusion of UNRWA role in Gaza, attempt to undermine UN mandate and Palestinian refugee rights The Board of Peace’s announcement of its intention to end the role of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip is extremely concerning. It signifies a highly serious and unlawful overreach of the UN General Assembly’s mandate, which established UNRWA in 1949, and an effort to weaken the Agency’s international role in representing the ongoing responsibility towards Palestinian refugees. This move could lead to its elimination under the guise of reconstruction and stability efforts. Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/7074

Reports of draft resolution granting Board of Peace ‘sweeping immunity’ highly concerning The Guardian’s recent report on a draft resolution granting legal immunity to the Board of Peace, its members, staff, contractors, and associated forces for actions in the Gaza Strip is highly concerning. The draft also permits the Board to obtain Palestinian public property “free of charge”. This setup would create a de facto authority in the Gaza Strip that compromises Palestinian residents’ rights and safety, operating outside judicial oversight. It would legitimise the illegal use of public assets in an occupied area and place Gaza’s administration, its resources, and victims’ rights within a system protected from accountability. Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/7072

For the first time since the beginning of the genocide in Gaza,We Are Not Numbers launches its 19th cohort. At least 41 young Palestinian men and women will be equipped with the skills needed to write their own stories and those of their communities, turning the numbers of victims in the news into stories with names and faces. MORE: https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/7068

Dozens killed after every Lebanon ceasefire: Israel’s continued targeting of civilians renders ceasefire meaningless More: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/7066

Israel’s continued targeting of civilians in Lebanon renders ceasefire meaningless The recent intensive Israeli air strikes in southern Lebanon and Western Beqaa, which resulted in the killing of at least 83 people and the injury of 141 others, including children and women, highlight a repeated pattern of targeting civilians and civilian objects. These attacks also demonstrate a blatant disregard for multiple ceasefire agreements, violating essential principles of international humanitarian law such as distinction and proportionality, amidst a lack of effective international accountability. According to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health, an airstrike in Qennarit, Sidon District, killed seven people and injured 13, including five children and five women. In Sohmar, Western Beqaa, a house was hit, killing four family members and injuring another, with a child trapped under the rubble and waiting for rescue. Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/7066

European Parliament approves tougher migration policy, legalises arbitrary detention and refoulement of migrants and asylum seekers The European Parliament’s approval of new EU policy on returning third-country nationals who stay illegally in the EU signifies a fundamental breakdown of Europe’s international protection system for migrants and asylum seekers. These changes grant member states’ authorities unprecedented powers to expedite deportations and establish external detention centres in third countries. This shift dangerously institutionalises cross-border violations and removes essential legal safeguards for individuals, significantly increasing the risk of deportation and prolonged arbitrary detention. On Wednesday, 17 June, the European Parliament approved the new policy with 418 votes in favour, 218 against, and 30 abstentions. This policy expands on the European Pact on Migration and Asylum, which went into effect on 12 June. The pact mainly seeks to strengthen European border control by making border screening more complex and increasing rejection rates. It serves as an enforcement measure to quickly deport third-country nationals living irregularly, citing return rates below 30 per cent for all removal orders. Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/7064

The European Parliament’s approval of the Return Regulation amendments marks a dark shift: faster deportations, external detention centres, and weakened protections for migrants and asylum seekers. It heightens the risk of refoulement and prolonged arbitrary detention, leaving those seeking safety increasingly exposed and abandoned by the systems meant to protect them. #WithRefugees

The occupied West Bank is also under attack. Alongside Israel's assault on Gaza, Palestinians in the West Bank continue to face killings, forced displacement, settler attacks, and attacks on places of worship. Since October 2023, around 1,070 Palestinians, including at least 220 children, have been killed by the Israeli army and Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.