The Euro-Mediterranean Observatory for Human Rights condemned today, in the strongest terms, the statement of the Israeli Army Minister Nephtali Bennett yesterday, in which he linked the allowance to support the efforts of the Gaza Strip in combating the outbreak of the Corona virus with the issue of missing Israeli soldiers in the sector.
The Observatory said in a statement, that the Israeli minister´s exchange of urgent humanitarian needs with any other issue is an inhumane act, and directly threatens the spread of the Corona virus in the besieged Gaza Strip, with a population of two million.
The observatory stressed the need to neutralize humanitarian issues from political calculations, and to stop using civilians as a means of pressure between the parties to achieve gains that are not only at the expense of the life and safety of civilians.
He pointed out that according to Article 56 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, the Israeli authorities, as an occupying power, are required to provide and introduce all necessary medical tools and devices and take the necessary preventive measures to combat diseases and epidemics in the occupied areas. According to the statement.
