Amnesty International's scathing July 2009 report into 'Operation Cast Lead'
source: http://www.paltelegraph.com/palestine/gaza-strip/1557-amnesty-internationals-scathing-july-2...
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Operation 'Cast Lead'
22 Days of Death and Destruction
"Until now we don't understand, we want peace; and we want an investigation; we want to know why my sisters and I have been orphaned. Why did they kill our parents, my family?"
(Fathiya Mousa, whose parents and siblings were killed an an Israeli air strike)
Gaza, July 26, (Pal Telegraph) - The following is a summary of Amnesty International's official report released this month into the Operation 'Cast Lead':
At 11.30am on 27 December 2008, without warning, Israeli forces began a devastating
bombing campaign on the Gaza Strip codenamed Operation "Cast Lead". Its stated aim was
to end rocket attacks into Israel by armed groups affiliated with Hamas and other Palestinian
factions. By 18 January 2009, when unilateral ceasefires were announced by both Israel and
Hamas, some 1,400 Palestinians had been killed, including some 300 children and
hundreds of other unarmed civilians, and large areas of Gaza had been razed to the ground,
leaving many thousands homeless and the already dire economy in ruins.
Why the indiscriminate death and destruction?
Much of the destruction was wanton and resulted from direct attacks on civilian objects as
well as indiscriminate attacks that failed to distinguish between legitimate military targets
and civilian objects. Such attacks violated fundamental provisions of international
humanitarian law, notably the prohibition on direct attacks on civilians and civilian objects
(the principle of distinction), the prohibition on indiscriminate or disproportionate attacks,
and the prohibition on collective punishment.
Killings of many of the hundreds of Palestinian civilians not involved in the
conflict, including some 300 children, cannot simply be dismissed as "collateral damage" -
incidental to otherwise lawful attacks - or as mistakes. Nor can they be attributed to
panicked reactions of lone soldiers operating under fire.
Operation 'Cast Lead'
22 Days of Death and Destruction
"Until now we don't understand, we want peace; and we want an investigation; we want to know why my sisters and I have been orphaned. Why did they kill our parents, my family?"
(Fathiya Mousa, whose parents and siblings were killed an an Israeli air strike)
Gaza, July 26, (Pal Telegraph) - The following is a summary of Amnesty International's official report released this month into the Operation 'Cast Lead':
At 11.30am on 27 December 2008, without warning, Israeli forces began a devastating
bombing campaign on the Gaza Strip codenamed Operation "Cast Lead". Its stated aim was
to end rocket attacks into Israel by armed groups affiliated with Hamas and other Palestinian
factions. By 18 January 2009, when unilateral ceasefires were announced by both Israel and
Hamas, some 1,400 Palestinians had been killed, including some 300 children and
hundreds of other unarmed civilians, and large areas of Gaza had been razed to the ground,
leaving many thousands homeless and the already dire economy in ruins.
Why the indiscriminate death and destruction?
Much of the destruction was wanton and resulted from direct attacks on civilian objects as
well as indiscriminate attacks that failed to distinguish between legitimate military targets
and civilian objects. Such attacks violated fundamental provisions of international
humanitarian law, notably the prohibition on direct attacks on civilians and civilian objects
(the principle of distinction), the prohibition on indiscriminate or disproportionate attacks,
and the prohibition on collective punishment.
Killings of many of the hundreds of Palestinian civilians not involved in the
conflict, including some 300 children, cannot simply be dismissed as "collateral damage" -
incidental to otherwise lawful attacks - or as mistakes. Nor can they be attributed to
panicked reactions of lone soldiers operating under fire.
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A detailed report that tells it like it is. Just wait, there will be more. The world is preparing for some more indictments against the Israeli government.
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