Gaza - Saba:
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor called on Monday for the necessity of entering forensic and criminal examination teams into the Gaza Strip, to work on identifying decomposed bodies and revealing the fate of the missing.
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor called in a statement for immediate and unconditional permission for forensic and criminal examination teams to enter the Gaza Strip, stressing that the presence of forensic teams and experts in forensic examination is necessary to identify decomposed bodies and reveal the fate of the missing.
It stressed that there is an urgent need to enter the necessary technical equipment to support local rescue teams in recovering the bodies of victims from under the rubble, noting that its field teams documented the presence of completely decomposed bodies in Rafah and northern Gaza after the withdrawal of enemy forces from those areas.
It added in its statement: "Estimates indicate that there are more than 11,000 missing persons in Gaza, including martyrs under the rubble and those forcibly disappeared in Zionist prisons."
The human rights observatory called for documenting the condition of the bodies as legal evidence that can be used to hold perpetrators of crimes accountable before international courts, adding: "We urge the International Criminal Court to send specialized teams to Gaza to conduct comprehensive investigations and collect evidence independently."
He pointed out that the continued presence of enemy forces in closed military areas hinders rescue teams from reaching and retrieving victims.
The observatory also called for revealing the locations suspected of containing mass graves under the supervision of international experts to ensure the protection of evidence, and said: "Efforts to retrieve the bodies of the victims must be accelerated to allow families the opportunity to bury their loved ones with dignity and in accordance with their beliefs."
Since the withdrawal of the Zionist enemy forces from their areas of deployment in several areas of the Gaza Strip, according to the ceasefire agreement that began to be implemented yesterday morning, Sunday, ambulance crews and citizens have retrieved dozens of martyrs from the streets and roads and from under the rubble, in places that the occupation prevented citizens and ambulance teams from reaching.