Euro-mediterranean Human Rights Monitor

Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor:

The elderly are killed one after another in the northern Gaza Strip by bombing, starvation, drought, and denial of healthcare.

The direct toll of the “israeli” attack has risen to more than 40,000 martyrs, about 92% of them civilians, and 7% of them elderly.

Thousands have fallen and were not documented in hospitals as they were indirect victims; due to hunger, malnutrition, and lack of healthcare.

We have documented on a nearly daily basis deaths among the elderly due to the crimes of starvation and denial of treatment committed by “israel” in the Strip systematically and on a large scale, especially in Gaza City and its north.

Most of these cases do not reach hospitals that operate partially in northern Gaza, due to the difficulty of access and the danger of movement amid the ongoing “israeli” military attacks.

The elderly in Gaza have paid a heavy price for the “israeli” attack, due to their fragility and inability to move, in addition to 70% of them suffering from chronic diseases that made them more susceptible to the impact of Israeli assaults and the deteriorating humanitarian situation.

The targeting of the elderly varied between direct targeting during the bombing of homes on their inhabitants, and the killing of dozens of them in extrajudicial execution operations.

The elderly were affected by injuries with difficulty in recovering due to their age and the lack of appropriate healthcare, in addition to suffering from displacement, scarcity of food, and potable water.

We warn that the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians, especially the elderly and children, face a real and imminent danger of death due to hunger and drought, as a result of the consequences of the spreading famine crisis due to “israel’s” continuation of imposing a comprehensive and illegal siege on the Gaza Strip.