AhlulBayt News Agency: The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said on Wednesday evening, “urgent intervention is required to ensure the burial of dozens of unidentified Palestinian martyrs, whom Israel handed over to Gaza.”
The Euro-Med added in a statement, “It is regrettable that Israel turned over the bodies of 88 dead Palestinians in a container without providing any information about who they were, where they were found, when they died, or how they died.”
The human rights group explained that “Upon the bodies’ arrival in such condition, the Gaza Ministry of Health declared that it would halt the container’s delivery process until all necessary data and information about the bodies were obtained in order to identify their identities.”
“The container holding the dead bodies was left in one of Khan Yunis’s streets. This is a grave violation of the rights of the dead people and their families, as well as a catastrophic situation that could result in a health catastrophe”, it added.
It called for urgent international intervention to open a thorough and impartial investigation into the circumstances surrounding the martyrdom of these Palestinians, identifying them, and returning their human remains to their families so they can be buried with dignity.
The Euro-Med stressed that all pertinent international parties have an unavoidable international duty to carry out these investigations in compliance with international standards.
It further elaborated that under international law, specifically international humanitarian and human rights law, “Israel must respect the dead and their remains and take all legal procedures to identify them, including documenting and sharing as much information as possible.”
The human rights organization called on the UN Humanitarian Coordinator, the World Health Organization, and the Red Cross to move quickly to begin the burial process, and to work with Israeli occupation authorities to identify and provide information about the victims and to stop mistreating them and violating their human dignity.
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The Euro-Med added in a statement, “It is regrettable that Israel turned over the bodies of 88 dead Palestinians in a container without providing any information about who they were, where they were found, when they died, or how they died.”
The human rights group explained that “Upon the bodies’ arrival in such condition, the Gaza Ministry of Health declared that it would halt the container’s delivery process until all necessary data and information about the bodies were obtained in order to identify their identities.”
“The container holding the dead bodies was left in one of Khan Yunis’s streets. This is a grave violation of the rights of the dead people and their families, as well as a catastrophic situation that could result in a health catastrophe”, it added.
It called for urgent international intervention to open a thorough and impartial investigation into the circumstances surrounding the martyrdom of these Palestinians, identifying them, and returning their human remains to their families so they can be buried with dignity.
The Euro-Med stressed that all pertinent international parties have an unavoidable international duty to carry out these investigations in compliance with international standards.
It further elaborated that under international law, specifically international humanitarian and human rights law, “Israel must respect the dead and their remains and take all legal procedures to identify them, including documenting and sharing as much information as possible.”
The human rights organization called on the UN Humanitarian Coordinator, the World Health Organization, and the Red Cross to move quickly to begin the burial process, and to work with Israeli occupation authorities to identify and provide information about the victims and to stop mistreating them and violating their human dignity.
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