Israeli forces are planting explosives in homes and employing booby-trapped robots equipped with tons of explosives in northern Gaza, according to a report published on Monday by the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor.
The report reveals that Israeli forces began using these robots for the first time in Gaza, in May, during Israel's second incursion into the Jabalia refugee camp.
The rights group stated it has received numerous testimonies of Israeli forces using these remotely detonated robots, which cause widespread destruction to nearby homes and buildings and result in significant loss of life, while also severely hindering the efforts of civil defence and ambulance crews.
The group confirmed that Israel "has expanded its operations of destruction and demolition of residential buildings in areas of its incursion in northern Gaza, employing three methods: aerial bombardment, explosive robots, and the planting of explosives in homes for demolition."
"Israel's use of booby-trapped robots is prohibited under international law," the Geneva-based organisation said in a statement on Sunday. "Due to their nature, they directly hit civilians, or hit military targets, civilians or civilian property indiscriminately ... Those who survive direct killing and bombardment remain at risk of dying from hunger or thirst, as Israeli forces are preventing any aid from entering northern Gaza, while also destroying and burning bakeries there, in addition to razing what was left of water wells."
Over 200,000 people in north Gaza remain in the rubble of destroyed homes and shelters. Another 200,000 face bombing as well as lack of food and basic necessities due to the blockade, putting over 400,000 residents in northern Gaza at risk of forced starvation, displacement and death.
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Israeli forces are planting explosives in homes and employing booby-trapped robots equipped with tons of explosives in northern Gaza, according to a report published on Monday by the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor.
The report reveals that Israeli forces began using these robots for the first time in Gaza, in May, during Israel's second incursion into the Jabalia refugee camp.
The rights group stated it has received numerous testimonies of Israeli forces using these remotely detonated robots, which cause widespread destruction to nearby homes and buildings and result in significant loss of life, while also severely hindering the efforts of civil defence and ambulance crews.
The group confirmed that Israel "has expanded its operations of destruction and demolition of residential buildings in areas of its incursion in northern Gaza, employing three methods: aerial bombardment, explosive robots, and the planting of explosives in homes for demolition."
"Israel's use of booby-trapped robots is prohibited under international law," the Geneva-based organisation said in a statement on Sunday. "Due to their nature, they directly hit civilians, or hit military targets, civilians or civilian property indiscriminately ... Those who survive direct killing and bombardment remain at risk of dying from hunger or thirst, as Israeli forces are preventing any aid from entering northern Gaza, while also destroying and burning bakeries there, in addition to razing what was left of water wells."
Over 200,000 people in north Gaza remain in the rubble of destroyed homes and shelters. Another 200,000 face bombing as well as lack of food and basic necessities due to the blockade, putting over 400,000 residents in northern Gaza at risk of forced starvation, displacement and death.
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