Middle East Monitor

By Binoy Kampmark | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – In 2007, writer Tal Nitsan isolated instances where Israeli male combatants systematically used sexual violence against Palestinian women in the war of 1948. In essentially marking off such conduct from more contemporary practices, she relied on media accounts, archival sources, the reports of human […]

( Middle East Monitor ) – The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Saturday that Israel has reduced the so-called “humanitarian zone” in Gaza to just 11% of the territory, causing widespread panic and fear among displaced people, Anadolu reports. In a statement, UNRWA said: “Thousands of families continue to be displaced in […]

By Samah Jabr | – ( Middle East Monitor ) – Prisoners have recounted being paraded before the Israeli public in cages, being spat at and having bananas thrown at them. Human rights and recent press reports detail instances where soldiers inserted a mobile phone into a prisoner’s anus and then called it, laughing as […]

( Middle East Monitor ) – Israel has killed around 1.8% of Gaza’s population since 7 October amid a devastating war on the enclave, according to figures released by the Palestinian Center Bureau of Statistics on Sunday, Anadolu reports. In a statement, the center said more than 39,000 people have been killed in Israeli attacks […]

( Middle East Monitor ) – Even after ten months of its systematic and widespread destruction of the healthcare sector in the Gaza Strip, and its arbitrary blockade of the territory, Israel continues to prevent the entry of medical supplies, including medical devices and essential medicines. The direct result is that more Palestinians are dying […]

By Adham Abu Selmiya ( Middle East Monitor ) – “I’ve seen more incinerated children than I’ve ever seen in my entire life combined. I’ve seen more shredded children in just the first week,” shared Dr Mark Perlmutter, a Jewish-American doctor, in a harrowing testimony that reminds us of the true nature of Israel’s war […]

By Inaam Adib Barkouk Israel has used all means to target Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, in addition to internationally prohibited weapons that wiped out people, trees and stones, Israeli forces have randomly arrested thousands of civilians including women and children, doctors, journalists from different areas of the Strip during the ground military operations […]