Chronic impunity: Gaza's health sector under repeated attack

Pages
14 pp
Date published
30 Mar 2020
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Working in conflict setting, Health, Protection, human rights & security
Countries
Occupied Palestinian Territory
Organisations
Medical Aid for Palestinians

Against the urgent backdrop of continuing protests and deteriorating living conditions, and six years on from the 2014 military offensive, we reiterate our joint call for no more impunity. In this significant second update to our 2015 report we:

  • Present updates on the status of each of the legal cases highlighted in that report, illustrating the ongoing systematic denial of legal accountability and justice for alleged serious international law violations, and reinforcing significant evidence-based concerns that Israel’s military investigations are not genuine;
  • Demonstrate how systemic impunity dangerously fuels recurrence, highlighting further fatalities of Palestinian health workers since March 2018;
  • Feature a testimony from a survivor of the 2014 military offensive, Nurse Eman Abu Jayyab, detailing the long-term impact of living with a catastrophic injury and the obstruction of effective legal remedies; and
  • Assess the impact on Gaza’s health sector of 13 years of closure and recurring military attacks.