The Israeli army’s “systematic and widespread” targeting of universities is eliminating the “last manifestations of life in the Gaza Strip”. The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Observatory added such attacks “perpetuate the crime of genocide”.
The continuing Israeli assault on the besieged Strip has led to a “complete disruption” of the educational system, the rights organisation said in a statement.
Since Israel’s bombing began, three university presidents and more than 95 university deans and professors have been killed, according to Euro-Med. Some 88,000 students have been deprived of completing their university education
At least five universities are partially or completely destroyed.
“The Euro-Mediterranean Observatory stressed the crimes pursued by Israel – including the widespread and deliberate destruction of buildings designated for educational, artistic, scientific and religious purposes and historical monuments – constitute in themselves grave violations and war crimes in accordance with the Geneva Conventions and the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.”
source: AlJazeera
