The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has said yesterday’s Israeli attack on a hospital was “part of a clear strategy to erode all means of survival by disregarding international legal protections for civilians” in Gaza, Al Jazeera reports.

The Geneva-based group said Israel’s claims the hospital was in part being used by Hamas “lacks credibility in the absence of concrete evidence”.

It also said the destruction of parts of the hospital, as well as the “severe physical and psychological suffering inflicted on patients, medical staff, and displaced civilians who were seeking shelter there outweigh any claimed military benefit”.

Euro-Med asserted the “attack flagrantly violates international humanitarian law and constitutes an international crime warranting legal prosecution and accountability”.