On Thursday, the 'Palestinian NGOs Network, ' a coalition of more than 100 charities and rights groups, released a statement demanding the "lifting of restrictions and restrictive measures which violate human rights". OCHA said worldwide experts have been unable to enter Gaza, delaying much-needed aid projects, while local union officials say 4,000 fishermen have not set sail since Saturday.
In a speech broadcast at a memorial service for Faqha in Gaza last week, Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal said that "If Israel made a decision to change the rules of the game, we accept the challenge".
A Palestinian boy looks through the window of his family zinc sheet house in the Bedouin village, northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, January 26, 2016.
Palestinian militants in the coastal enclave and Israel have fought three wars since 2008 and Gaza has been under an Israeli blockade for 10 years. Although Israel has said it is conducting its own investigation and that there in no need for an ICC inquiry, Monday's report was highly skeptical of this claim.
Unknown assailants opened fire at Fuqaha last week at the entrance to a residence in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood in southwestern Gaza City, shooting four bullets into the man's head before they fled the area, witnesses said at the time.
They allow entry to some employees of humanitarian aid organisations, but not to human rights workers.
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"Israel, Hamas and Egypt should change their policies to protect the vital work of human rights groups seeking to protect Palestinians and Israelis from abuses by the authorities and armed groups", Bashi said.
The Islamist group could seek to strike inside Israel itself or in the West Bank, occupied by the Israel and separated geographically from Gaza by Israeli territory.
COGAT's (Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories) Gaza Coordination and Liaison Office, together with the Israel Security Agency, assisted the Defense Ministry in this effort. Travel restrictions on human rights workers, it said, were "unavoidable... due to weighty security and political considerations".
While the 47-page report focused mainly on Israel, HRW acknowledged that "Egypt is also imposing severe travel restrictions on its border with Gaza".
Egypt should also facilitate travel for human rights workers via its border, and the Hamas authorities should protect human rights workers from retribution.
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