Gaza: Israel targets Palestinian civilians trying to access communications and internet services
GENEVA – The EuroMed Human Rights Monitor reports that the Israeli military has attacked Palestinian civilians, including journalists, who tried to access telecommunications and internet services to communicate with their families and employers, using snipers and drones in various parts of the country. It was recorded that the victim was targeted in an attack by the police and intentionally killed. Gaza Strip.
In northern Gaza Governorate, at least seven civilians were killed within a week after being directly targeted by Israeli military drones in the al-Bashir area of Tal al-Za’atar, inside the Jabalia camp. The victims were trying to access internet services to communicate with family members and relatives.
The Geneva-based group reveals that Palestinian civilians are climbing to high ground to intercept communication signals used to access the internet using electronic cards after Israeli forces destroyed the Palestinian Communications Agency. I made it. However, the Israeli military intentionally targets these civilians who pose no threat or danger.
On January 22, a group of journalists were targeted by an Israeli military aircraft while trying to access internet services in the Tal al-Zatar area of Jabalia. The attack killed a young man, Muhammad al-Ghura, and injured journalist Imad Ghabun.
According to Euro-Med Monitor, Israel specifically targets civilians attempting to receive communications and internet signals in besieged areas where serious human rights violations occur. This prevents media coverage of violations and makes it difficult for residents to report violations.
On February 8, Euro-Med Monitor recorded the killing of a Palestinian civilian by an Israeli quadcopter aircraft on the roof of the Nasser medical complex in Khan Younis. The civilian was attempting to obtain an internet signal amidst a full Israeli siege of the hospital.
On February 9, six young men were targeted and injured by an Israeli warship as they tried to access the internet in the Nuwaili Highlands near the sea in the Nuseyrat refugee camp in central Gaza.
Scores of civilians were killed or injured on the roof of Gaza City’s Yarmouk Stadium when they were targeted by Israeli drones and quadcopter aircraft while attempting to receive an internet signal, Euro Med Monitor said.
Walid Ghaleb Abu Al Faham, 34, was killed by his brother Mohammed Ghaleb Abu Al Faham, 32, and his two friends, Bassem Hassan Al Khalot, 33. He told Euromed Monitor about the murders of Youssef Abu Fayed (2013) and Youssef Abu Fayed. , 35 years old, January 29 and December 1, 2023. The men were all from the Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip. Abu al-Fahum said, “After the Israeli occupation forces withdrew from the Tal al-Zatar area and the vicinity of Al-Awda hospital, I went to the Tal al-Zaatar area with my brother Muhammad and my friends Bassem and Yousef. , Internet and communications services had been cut off since the end of October.
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