The non-governmental organization denounced in a statement that the army’s continuous air, land and sea attacks have destroyed 70 percent of the civilian infrastructure in the enclave.

Israel’s objective seems to be aimed at carrying out collective punishment against the population and turning the area into an uninhabitable place, it stressed.

The Gaza authorities estimate that since October 7, some 22,600 Palestinians have been killed and another 58,000 wounded as a result of the military operations of Tel Aviv’s Armed Forces.

The Observatory pointed out that most of the people of Gaza were displaced from their homes by the bombs and detailed that during the ongoing war campaign, almost 68,000 homes were destroyed and 179,000 others were damaged.

Israel deliberately destroyed or caused serious damage to essential facilities, including 318 schools, 1,612 industrial centers, 23 hospitals, 57 clinics, 201 mosques and three churches, as well as 169 press and media offices, it stressed.

That country’s troops are deliberately targeting Palestinian civilians in order to force them to emigrate, in violation of the norms of international law, it said.

The entity stated that such actions amount to crimes against humanity and war crimes, including genocide.

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