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In Gaza, Both Israel & Hamas Committed War Crimes

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2009-07-03

Amnesty International UK just released today a comprehensive report on the Gaza conflict that took place between December 2008 and January 2009. Amnesty International has found that both sides committed war crimes during the fighting in the Gaza strip. Amnesty’s researchers spent a month in both Gaza and Israel investigating the devastation and interviewing eye-witnesses. They found that Israeli forces killed hundreds of unarmed civilians and destroyed thousands of homes, which broke international laws of war.

On December 27 2008, without warning, Israeli forces began a devastating bombing campaign on the Gaza strip. It’s stated aim was to end rocket attacks into Israel by armed groups affiliated with Hamas. By 18 January 2009, some 1,400 Palestinians had been killed, including some 300 children and hundreds of unarmed civilians. Further, large areas of Gaza had been razed to the ground, leaving many thousands homeless and the already dire economy in ruins.

“I want aggressiveness- If there is someone suspicious on the upper floor of a house, we’ll shell it. If we have a suspicion about a house, we’ll take it down. There will be no hesitation, nobody will deliberate.” Said an Israeli Commander in a briefing to soldiers during operation Cast Lead.

Besides the 1,400 Palestinians killed during Cast Lead in attacks by Israeli forces, some 5,000 were injured, many maimed for life. Hundreds of those killed were unarmed civilians, including children and more than 115 women & 85 men over the age of 50.

The Israeli army has put the overall death toll at under 1,200 and maintains that most of those killed were not civilians. However, the Israeli authorities have not made available any lists of those killed. The Israeli army maintains that its forces operated in accordance with international law.

However, based on the evidence it gathered from a wide range of sources, including the one made available by the Israeli authority, Amnesty International believes that many Palestinians, unarmed the civilians that were killed in attacks as a result of practices which violated international law. Israeli forces failed to take precautions in the choice of means and methods of attack with a view to avoid, or at least minimize incidental loss of civilian life & injury to civilians.

This is Amnesty International’s full report.

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