"Insan Organization Stunned by the Horrific Massacre at Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza amid Media Blackout.
The true extent and statistics of the massacre have yet to be determined, but according to human rights organizations' estimates, the massacre has claimed the lives of 1,500 Palestinians, including martyrs, injured, and missing individuals, half of whom are children and women. Hundreds of bodies remain inside the complex and in the surrounding area, some of them burned, while others are without heads or organs.
The Israeli occupation army deliberately targeted civilians, patients, the injured, children, women, and medical teams, with no regard for international laws. Twenty-two patients were killed in their beds at the complex, while food and medicine were prevented from reaching the remaining patients.
The Israeli occupation army executed medical personnel, arrested others, and forced the rest to evacuate. They also detonated, set on fire, and shelled all the complex's buildings, completely incapacitating it.
The massacre at Al-Shifa complex targeted civilians and protected civilian objects under international law in a serious, comprehensive, and systematic manner, with the aim of destroying what remains of the already devastated healthcare system in the Gaza Strip.
Insan Organization calls on the international community, the United Nations, the Security Council, and the International Court of Justice to intervene immediately and seriously to protect Palestinian civilians from the genocide being committed by Israel in the Gaza Strip for the past six months. This includes the protection of patients, the injured, displaced persons, medical teams, and journalists, as well as ensuring Israel's compliance with international law and the International Court of Justice's ruling. Israel must be held accountable for all its crimes, and it is imperative to enforce the recent Security Council resolution to halt hostilities.
Direct Western involvement in arming, supporting, protecting, and promoting Israel constitutes active participation in these crimes, led by the United States and supported by Western countries. This madness and unprecedented brutality must be put to an end as quickly as possible, and what remains of the civilians and completely destroyed infrastructure due to deliberate Israeli targeting must be saved.
Issued by:
Insan Organization for Rights and Freedoms
April 2, 2024
23 Ramadan 1445"